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TACOMA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 



A CAREFUL COMPILATION OF THE RESOURCES, TERMINAL ADVANTAGES, 

INSTITUTIONS, CLIMATE, BUSINESS, AND MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRIES OF THE "CITY OF DESTINY." 



FIXEI.Y ILLUSTKATED THROUGHOUT BY TROMIXENT ARTISTS. 




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HE work herewith presented needs Httle introduction to the citizens of Tacoraa, 
but to the pubHc at large, whose hands it is destined to reach, some explanation 



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^jts^ Th^ object of the jjublication is the embodiment, in concise antl correct form, 

of the rise and progress of a city whose growth in population, trade, manufactures, and 
whose surrounding resources are almost without parallel. 

The resources of the State of Washington are first given a space in our columns; 
then a cursory histor\' of Tacoma and her important interests, followed by full descriptions 
of these interests, and concluding with histories of her leatling business houses. The familiar 
features of some of our prominent and enterjjrising citizens will also be recognized in its 
pages; nian\- others are eipiall)' deserving of a place in our limited galler\-, Ijut fm-ther sjKice 
could not be afforded. : 

It is projjer to sa_\- that the principle u[)on which this book has been published is (piitG 
contrary to that ordinarily jirevailing. Not an illustration, a ])late, an adxertisemcnt or 
a portrait, has been paid for. Dependence has been placed soleh' upon tlie sale and circula- 
tion of the work to compensate for its cost ;uitl attain the oljjects of its publication, and its 
further success must rest upon a generous ap[)reciation of its merits. These we trust are 
apparent, sinci: no exjjcnse has been spareil to have the data as carefullv and conser\-ati\'ely 
compiletl as possible, and to make the work one of the tmest sjjecimens of the t\'pographic art. 

With this brief introduction, "Taioma Ii.LrsrkAiKH " is submitted to the favor of a 
city whose generosit)' and enterprise are not less remarkable than its progress and prosperity. 



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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 



TA COMA ILL US TR A TED. 



STATE OF WASHINGTON. 

A General Review of her Situation, Climafe, anu 
Unbounded Resources. 




KTURALLV the publication of this work is 
in the interests of Tacoma, but as the re- 
sources of the surrounding country are 
always the great factor in building up 
cities, so it is our object to show the 
immense resources of the State of Washing- 
ton, and tributary to the " City of Destiny." 

Washington Territory has at last been admitted an ac- 
ceptable sister in statehood, and she heralds her advent with 
such wonderful display of vigor, prosperity and wealth, that 
it will be safe to predict for her a grand future. For years 
Washington has been so far removed from the great centers 

of trade and population, 
debarred from the privi- 
leges obtainable from 
direct railroad 
communication, 
that her prog- 
ress was very 
much retarded. 



Walla, the Palouse, the Big Bend, the Yakima, the Okanogan, 
the Spokane and ColviUe Countries. 

The State is 360 miles from east to west, and 249 miles 
north and south, and contains 69.994 square miles, or about 
20,000 square miles more than England. 

Eastern Washington — that portion of territory lying cast 
of the mountains — is a vast farm and stock range with but 
little timber. It is well watered, and very productive of 
fruits, vegetables and cereals natural to the temperate zone. 
Western W'ashingtun is a country of hills and valleys, 
covered nearly in its entirety with heavy timber and hiding 
in its womb immense deposits of precious ores. 

The Cascade Mountains give birth to many streams which 
empty into Paget Sound, several of which are navigable 
nearly to the foothills of the mountains, and flow to the 
sound through narrow valleys of exceeding fertility. 

THE I'RO.MISED LAND. 

C'apital, always watchful of the chance to increase itself, 
quickly saw the advantages offered by Washington to the 
immigrant, speculator and manufacturer, and at once set 
about building railroads and steamship lines to facilitate the 
project of making Washington a State so attractive in its 
resources that its hills and valleys would rapidly be covered 
with thriving and numerous settlements, and settled on 

THE PUGET SOUND COUNTRY, 

as that i)art of the State which 
presented the most natural ad- 
vantages. Puget Sound has 
been fitly styled the " Mediter- 
ranean of America," and its 
shores " Wonderland." From 
its bosom one views in wonder- 
ment the cloud piercing peaks 
of Mounts Baker and Tacoma 
clothed in eternal robes of white, 
tokens of grand sublimity. 
While the area of land at 
present used for agriculture around Puget Sound is not 
large, its productive capacity is so great that with propriety 
it may be called a fine agricultural country. 

Puget Sound is the great central feature of Western 

\Vashington, extending south from its northern line and 

reaching into every valley in the hills for 150 miles, and 

presenting a shore line of 1594 miles. It divides Western 

States. Washington again fairly in the middle, from Conimence- 

Washington is destined to be, like the Empire State of ment Bay south to the Columbia River. For thirty miles 

the Union, a State with many cities, and in this respect has before reaching Kalaina, the point of crossing into Oregon, 

the Pacific Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad follows 
the Cowlitz River, which empties into the Columbia. All 
west of Puget Sound is an immense timber section, broken 
in like manner by the rich valleys of streams flowing into 
the Pacific Ocean at Gray's Harbor. Of these the Chehalis 
River is chief, and of this whole coast region Gray's Har- 
bor is the notable feature. A large lumbering industry is 
carried on there. The whole of the Chehalis valley forms 
one of the richest agricultural districts in the State. From 




The situation is now all changed, and its railvyay and water 
transportation facilities are complete in every sense of the 
word. The development of the States of Kansas, Ne- 
braska, Minnesota and Colorado, Dakota and other Terri- 
tories, naturally preceded Washington, but now on a footing 
with these predecessors, the natural resources of the won- 
derland will soon place it in the front rank of prosperous 



numerous advantages over other Territories recently ad- 
mitted into statehood. It is only a question of a very few 
years when at least a dozen cities in this State will each 
have a population of over 50,000. 

Washington is naturally divided by the Cascade Moun- 
tains into two great parts, commonly known as Eastern and 
Western Washington. These in turn are subdivided into 
lesser parts known as "Countries." These include the 
Puget Sound, the Chehalis, the Lower Columbia, the Walla 



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all these districts, Gray's Harbor on the southwest, the 
rich valley of the Nesqually on the southeast, ami skirting 
the east shore of the Sound to the Canadian line on the 
north, raih-oads are being projected, to concentrate at 
Tacoma. The climate of Western Washington and the soil 
of its valleys, is especially adapted to the growing of hops, 
grasses and hay, and therefore for stock raising and dairy 
products, it is destined to become famous. The uplands 
yield wonderfully of fruits, and well repay the labor and 
expense of clearing them; these lands are now regarded 
more valuable, as a rule, for agriculture than for timber. 
Then there are, besides, about 200,000 acres of tide lands, 
susceptible of cultivation, on which enormous crops of oats 
and hay are raised. About 30,000 acres of these lands have 
been reclaimed, and 100 huslVels of oats, or from three to 



to<. all parts of the world, while sawed lumber from this 
region is sent to (California, South America, Europe and Asia, 
and its famous cedar shingles are encroaching upon the 
markets of the East. The cut of Washington's mills now 
covers about two million feet ]5er day, yet it will be over one 
hundred years before this vast timber country will percep- 
tibly feel this immense consumption of its supplies. 

ITS IM.MENSK COAI. [-I Kl.DS. 

Thirty miles east of Tacoma, in the foothills of the t'as- 
cades, and on the line of the Cascade division of the North- 
ern Pacific, are vast beds of coal. The principal mines are now 
being worked at South Prairie, \\'ilkes{jn and Carbonatlo. 
From all accounts of mining engineers and experts in coal 
measures, Western Washington, tlie Cascade Mountains and 




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four tons of hay to the acre, are the average yield. Apples, 
pears, cherries, plums, prunes, berries and vegetables of vari- 
ous kinds, are grown in unrivaled excellence and quantitv. 

THE TIMBER BELT 

of Washington includes the whole extent of land from the 
Cascade Mountains to the ocean, and from Columbia River 
on the south to the British line on the north, an area equal 
to that of the State of Iowa. It is estimated to contain one 
hundred and seventy-five billion feet. Most of this timber 
will cut from twenty-five thousand to as high as sixty 
thousand feet to the acre. It is composed chiefly of fir and 
cedar, the former growing to a height of two hundred and 
fifty feet, with a body in proportion. Cedar grows to a 
height of one hundred and fifty feet, with an average diam- 
eter of four feet. These magnificent timbers are shipped 



their foothills, form avast coal field, the deposits of which are 
as varied in character as those of any coal bearing region in 
the world. Nearly all of the coal mines proper have been 
found in and near Puget Sound basin. There are lignite 
mines at Renton and Newcastle, and the bituminous and 
semi-bituminous adjacent to the Puyallup River. Two other 
important coal fields are those of Cedar and Green Rivers 
and the Nesqually, which are believed to be a continuation 
of the Puyallup veins; they are of bituminous character. 

The lignites mined at several points on the Sound coun- 
try are of a fair quality for domestic purposes, and are used 
to some extent for steam making, but the bituminous pro- 
ducts of the Puyallup fields tributary to Tacoma take the 
lead of all coals mined on the Pacific coast for coking, 
blacksmith work, gas, steam making and domestic use. .■Ml 
of these mines are tributary to Tacoma by the Cascade 



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division alone, and are. therefore, not to be reached by 
any other than this most beautiful and popular route. 

CilKI'. .AND IKON. 

'I'lie 'latonia Coal Company have erected furnaces for 
the manufacture of coke on an extensive scale at Wilkeson, 
and are at present shipping largely to San Francisco, Vic- 
toria, Montana, and other points, which have heretofore 
been supplied with coke from Pennsylvania. From the 
Wilkeson mine is also taken in large quantities a blacksmith 
coal of superior quality. The cheap production of coking 
coal means the establishment of gigantic iron works, of 
smelting and reduction works, and various manufacturing 
mdustries and all the concomitant results, which inev- 
itably accompany the production of chea|) iron. The 
value of these 
products will be 
in the near fu- 
ture a source of 
great wealth 
to the " City of 
Destiny." 

There are also 
vast deposits of 
iron on the line 
of the Cascade 
division and the 
Pacific Invest- 
ment Company 
of this city are 
taking steps to 
develop and 
manufacture on 
a large scale. 

HOPS. 

A seaport al- 
ready possess- 
ing every facil- 
ity for rail and 
water transpor- 
tation, and seat- 
ed in the heart of a country where its resources are in 
their infancy of development, and yet of such magnitude 
that they attract the attention of the world, may well be 
called the "City of Destiny." 

The rise, progress, present status and future prospects of 
the hop industry of Washington Territory, have been a 
fruitful theme for study among statisticians and communi- 
ties elsewhere, as well as among our own people, whom it 
would, at first thought, seem were almost the only interested 
parties. The establishing of this business here upon a firm 
basis has wrought far reaching results and changes not 
dreamed of as probable, or even possible. From a struggling 
industry upon an uncertain basis this industry has con- 
stantly forged ahead to a solid position upon the fixed prin- 
ciples that insure success; from the humble beginning of 
the little plantation that yielded a first crop of one bale in 




I'ROmCTS Ol' THE SIATF, OF WASMIMHllN. 



the crop year of 1864, to that of 40,000 bales in that of 
1888; from a crop of 184 pounds the first year to that of 
from 10 to 12 million poundsthe present )'ear; from the value 
of a first crop of less than $100 to that of over $1,500,000; 
from the position in the early years of its history of humbly 
begging for a market rated as seconds to its competitors to 
that of moving straight up to the front, as in the recent sale 
in one day of over a quarter of a million pounds upon the 
London market in direct competition with not only the 
boasted New York State hop, but also with the product of 
the world, attaining a price yielding a profit, while its com- 
petitors were selling at a loss, thus another industry opens 
its possibilities. No wonder, with such results, that we 
hear of the destruction of thou.sands of acres of hops in the 
older districts of the United States, England and Cermany, 

and yet see the 
acreage gain- 
ing in our midst 
and the interest 
expaniling year 
by year to the 
utmost possible 
limits of their 
ability of pro- 
curing the nec- 
essary labor to 
secure the crop 
in harvest time. 
. The prolific 
way in which 
hops are grown 
in the Puyallup 
valley is some- 
thing phenom- 
enal. Two tons 
to the acre is 
not an uncom- 
mon yield, and 
several cases 
have been cited 
where growers 
have harvested 

as much as ninety tons off sixty acres. Nor is the question of 
yield all that can be said of the Washington hops. Grown, as 
they are, principally upon the deep, rich, fertile soil of the 
valleys adjacent to Puget Sound, the roots strike deep into 
the alluvial deposits of which the soil is composed, so that the 
plant never suffers from want of moisture, hence it is alwaj's 
matured and never lacking in strength and fragrance when 
properly managed after picking. The cool, long seasons 
for growth, coupled with the sufficient rainfall and stimu- 
lating dews, brings a perfection to the hop for flavor and 
keeping quality, which is essential to the enhancement of 
its market value. 

A regular traffic for this crop has been established 
between Tacoma and London, England, and special train 
l(5ads of hops have been ilispatched direct to New- York, 
to be thence transferred to ocean steamers sailing direct 



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to London, which is an extremely profitable market, being- 
capable of receiving all the produce of this kind we send. 

KRUIT AND VKOKrAllLKS. 

Western Washington and the Puget Sound basin has ad- 
vantages over Middle and F^astern Washington in the matter 
of growing fruit and vegetables, owing to its moisture and 
equable climate, produced by the proximity of the ocean 
and the tempering breezes that bring with them the warm 
breath of the Japan current. This mild and even climate, 
together with a soil adapted to fruit culture, make Wash- 
ington as fine a fruit country as can be found in the United 
States. This remark only applies to such fruits as apples, 
pears, plums, prunes, cherries, and all kinds of berries and 
small fruits. Peaches are grown to advantage in Eastern 
Washington where the summers are hotter than in the 



up at Ciray's Harbor and other places. These figures aggre- 
gate two hundred and twenty-five thousand cases of 
salmon. The trade employs for several months each year, 
three thousand men, the capital invested being one million 
dollars, and the product is valued at a much greater sum. 
A few thousand barrels of salmon are usually put up each 
year, and during the season of 1888 the business was inaug- 
urated of sending to Eastern markets in refrigerator cars. 
The fisheries were further extended. Three large schoon- 
ers came from the coast of Massachusetts, which were em- 
ployed in catching halibut and preparing them for the 
market. Their operations extended from the mouth of the 
Columbia River to Alaska, and they included many cargoes 
of fine fish. These were partially disposed of in the local 
markets, but the great bulk was sent to the East by rail. 
Much more in this line has been done this year, and the fish 




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Puget Sound basin. They are also grown successfully in 
favored spots east of the mountains. No element or con- 
stituent is wanting in either the soil or climate of Washington 
to produce any vegetable that can be raised in the temperate 
zone. This new State is destined to play no small part 
in supplying this country and a great many others with 
vegetable as well as various other products. 

FISHERIES. 

The fisheries is another source of great wealth to this 
fortunate State. To give an idea of the value of this in- 
dustry, we will here give some figures which pertained to 
last year's catch. The salmon catch on the Columbia River 
during the year 1888 was three hundred and sixty thousand 
cases, giving Washington credit for one-half, or one hun- 
dred and eighty thousand cases. Twenty- five thousand cases 
were put up on Puget Sound, or about double the best pre- 
vious year's record. About twenty thousand cases were put 



are not only sent fresh to the market, but are thus preserved 
by local drying establishments. The fur seal fisheries also 
made advances last season. Something will, it is more than 
likely, be done in the way of fishing for cod, and possibly 
also in whaling. There can be no question that Puget 
Sound and the Ciulf of Ceorgia are most admirably adapted 
for the general fisheries. This fact is being seen and ac- 
knowledged more and more each succeeding year, and it is a 
matter of a short time only until our fisheries rival in extent 
those of the New England coast, Newfoundland and Norway. 

W.ASHINC, ton's R.AILROAH LIXES. 

In 1S85 the railroads of Washington aggregated an ex- 
treme length of 566 miles; in 1SS6, 954 miles; in 1S87, 1,061 
miles; in 1888, 1,410 miles; and by the end of the present 
year it is estimated not less than 2,000 miles of road will be 
in operation, and as a result of this impulse given the pop- 
ulation and business of Washington bv the extended rail- 



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road facilities, most of the towns have increased their luini- 
ber of inhabitants at least twenty-five per cent., while the 
"City of Destiny" proudly claims not less than three 
liundred per cent, of this increase. 

.MINKR.\LS. 

The mineral resources are too large and of too much im- 
portance to be touched upon to any considerable length in 
an article that is written simply to give the reader, unfa- 
miliar with this young but prosperous State, a general idea 
of what lies within the borders of Washington, so that in 
order lo do them justice, the com|)ilers of this work have 
decided to produce articles on these industries separately. 

CLI.M.NTE OK WF.SrKRN WASHIN(;TON. 

Those who have gone no farther in studying the char- 
acter of Washington than its situation on the map, will be 
surprised at nothing in its long list of surprises, more than 
its climate. When the reader is here informed, therefore, 
tliat the weather ex])erienced throughout Washington west 
of the Cascade Mountains, is as mild, uniform and equable 
as anywhere in the United States, he may accept it as .statetl 
with the utmost conscientiousness, and as being true. The 
words "niild" and "equable" must be accepted for what 
they mean. Here an e.\cessive heat or cold is unknown. 
Tlie thermometer rarely registers 90 degrees, and it has 
not been known to reach zero but one da)' in si.\ years. 
Our location on the map is wholly misleading in this re- 
gard, for we are on a line with Montreal, where the ice 
palace is the one great boast. But the relative positions 
with regard to north and south do not by any means wholly 
govern temperatures. For if the .same line is carried on 
past Montreal it will be found running through the vine- 
yards of France. Why Washington is so favored in its 
climate, is easily explained. The warm Japan current, of 
which every sclioolboy knows, strikes the coast below the 
mouth of the Columbia River, and follows the line north 
into the very home of winter. It meets and tempers its 
cold winds, and ch.anges its snows to rain. Then the high 
sentinel range of Cascade Mountains, 125 miles inland, 
stands forward, beckoning the clouds, and draining the 
fountains of rain and snow. These conditions make winter. 
A curtain of low clouds is drawn over the country from the 
sea to the mountain tops, much of the time during the 
winter months, and frequent light rains form the distinguish- 
ing feature of the season. The mountains attract the 
clouds to themselves, and the sky of Eastern Washington is 
thus kept clear nearly the year round. The winds blow 
from the south during the winter months, but from the 
north during the summer. For when the Southern summer 
grows hot the north winds are hurried to its relief by a law 
of nature. The great glaciers of .•\laska standing as the 
outposts of winter's stronghold, are but a dav's good blow 
from the north, and while its coll winds (just off the ice, .so 
to sjieak) hurry on their kindly mission toward the equator, 
(where they will ]irobably form a tornado), the summers of 
Washington Territory are found delicious. This is not 
mere fancy. Probably nowhere in the world is the weather 



so even the year round. Great and sudden changes so try- 
ing and so common in the East, are unknown. Twilight in 
midsummer extends to ten o'clock, and on summer nights 
the snowy summit of Mount Tacoma, sixty miles distant, 
can be plainly seen from the streets of Tacoma. 

Of the season only the word " perfect " is necessary in 
description. In winter many peo|)le do not consider an 
overcoat necessary, while in summer mo.st people find a 
blanket for a bed covering quite comfortable. 

With these conditions it will be readily seen the seasons 
of the year are not as strongly marked as elsewhere. They 
merge into each other almost imperceptibly. September is 
characterized by an occasional shower. These become 
more frequent as the season advances -light, soft rains from 
low clouds most resembling a Scotch mist, and that do not 
interrupt the regular current of life. Men, and women as 
Well, go about in them undisturbed, stop and exchange 
words or talk business, as they meet on the street without 
shelter. During November and December this weather is 
the rule. It is wholly unattended by that searching cold 
that enters the marrow of men and makes them wholly 
wretched, and such as characterizes the winter rains of the 
ea.stern middle States. It is quiet and even tempered, with 
no high winds. In January the thermometer usually drops 
another peg or tw(j, and the rain turns to snow for a season 
of from three days to three weeks. Then comes the warm 
" Chinook " wind, and w'inter disappears before it. The 
rains continue frequent through the early spring months, 
growing rarer as summer approaches, until it settles down 
again to a period of perfect days and nights of summer. 
In other words, every year casts up a fair average of fair 
days. But the reader should note this: Heavy .storms, high 
winds and cyclones are absolutelj' unknown. Thunder and 
lightning are the most novel of nature's phenomena. On 
the other hand there are many who believe that Washington 
Territory is deluged with rain from six to eight months 
in the year. This too is as untrue as the common belief as 
to the cold. The gradual merging of winter into summer 
and summer into winter again, as indicated in the greater (jr 
less frequeiu:y of rain, characterizes the spring and fall, and 
winter means that rain is the order of things, while summer 
means the contrary. It may be remarked that we have de- 
voted considerable space to a description of the climate; we 
have done so w-ith the purpose in view of undeceiving the 
many peo|)le who have an idea that there is nothing in the 
winter months but rain. 

In concluding this brief review of Washington's resources 
it would be well to say that we have merely touched on 
some of them; it has been necessary for the time being to do 
thi.s, but as we proceed with the work we will endeavor to 
give a detailed description of the.se resources in their proper 
places and show the bearing they have on Tacoma, and 
how, by her natural location at the head of Pugot Sound 
and as the terminus of the Northern Pacific, together with 
her smelters, warehouses, coal bunkers, manufacturing and 
shipping industries, she is better adapted to handle these 
resources than any other city in Washington, or in fact, 
any ritv on the Pacifii. Coast. 



TACO MA I L L US TR A TE D. 



TACOMA. 



Hkr History, Growth and Resources — A Compre- 
hensive Review of the City (if Destiny. 




ACOMA ILLUSTRATED, as the title of 
this work implies, is published to illustrate 
or set forth as clearl)' as possible the in- 
numerable advantages that the "City of 
Destiny" possesses. Its rapid growth in 
the past few years from an insignificant 
hamlet of a few hundred people to a bustling metropolitan 
city of over 30,000 inhabitants; its unequaled transpor- 
tation facilities as the western terminus of the great 
Northern Pacific Railroad, which joins the Puget Sound 
country with the Eastern States; its railroad facilities to 
the southward, and its point of vantage at the head 
of navigation of one of the grandest inlets of the sea in 
the world; its wealth, as the center of vast and mag- 
nificent forests, mines of precious and baser minerals, and 
its fisheries ; its ever-increas- 
ing commerce, that is reach- 
ing out to all parts <if the 
habitable globe; and finally, 
its climate, which by reason 
of the slight changes during 
the different seasons of the 
year, makes Tacoma one of 
the most desirable places 
to reside in on ths face "V', 
of the earth. 

Thus, the compilers of 
this work wish to give as 
clear and comprehensive an 
idea of Tacoma as possible. 
It will be advisable for us 
to go back to the year 1S73, 
just before the directors of "^ 

the Northern Pacific Railroad unanimously decided that 
the most advantageous point on the North Pacific Coast 
for the terminus of the road they were then constructing 
across the northern part of the United States, was the 




The Tacoma Land Company, on the other hand, laid 
out the city directly south of the old town site, toward the 
head of the bay, and shortly afterward commenced the 
erection of the finest hotel on the coast north of San Fran- 
cisco, and the president of the company, Charles B. Wright 
of Philadelphia, built a beautiful church structure, and lib- 
erally endowed the Annie Wright Seminary, for girls, and 
the Washington College, for boys. These substantial and 
imposing looking buildings at once gave Tacoma a 
foundation showing permanency and future greatness. It 
was then that investors and home seekers turned their faces 
in the direction of Tacoma, and there has since been a 
continual stream of them, ever increasing in volume. 

The land company has pursued a conservative policy in 
the sale of its lands to newcomers, avoiding any semblance 
of " booming " or inflating values. It has simply aided or 
kept pace with the steady march of progress, held its prices 
on a par with general values, and has not altered its 
original method of easy terms. 

The publication of the resolution of the railroad 
company to make Tacoma the western terminus, 
through the newspapers, gave notice to the world 



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that a new and great city 
was to be built in the West. 
-Many intelligent people, be- 
ing aware of the opportu- 
nities such a project in- 
volved, made preparations 
to come here. They knew 
that at the terminus of a 
great trunk line stretching 
^ " across the continent, es- 

pecialh if that terminus was a seaport where ship and 
rail would meet for the transfer of cargoes, there must 
come shippers and money changers, and that the business 
incident to such a place would be sufficient in itself to 
insure the building of a city. They had seen Chicago 
grow, and were anxious to be in at such another birth. 
But at that time the end of the railroad track had only 
reached Bismarck, Dak., 1,400 miles distant from the site 
of the proposed city. The rails were being laid at the rate 
of 250 miles per year across the plains, and in the path 
western shore of Commencement Bay, an inlet at the head of toward Puget Sound lay two high mountain ranges — the 



Puget Sound, a location admirably adapted for the building 
of an immense city, with unequaled harbor facilities. 
\\'hat a difference between Tacoma then and now! That 
part of the city now known as the First \\'ard, is the site of 
old Tacoma, which in 1873 consisted of a straggling village 
of about 300 souls, and its buildings of no greater e.\tent 
than a sawmill and a few houses, homes of the men em- 
ployed in the mill, while the present portion of the city was 
a mass of stumiis and underbrush. 

We produce herewith a sketch of the only house now 
standing which was on the present site of New Tacoma 
when the Northern Pacific terminus was located. 

Having determined upon this site, the railroad company 
purchased 3,000 acres, and 13,000 acres of additional and 
neighboring lands. 



Rockies, in Montana, and the Cascades, in Washington. 
The Rockies, when reached long afterward, were readily 
overcome with a 3,600 foot tunnel, but to overcome the 
Cascades was a more difiicult undertaking. The Stampede 
Pass presented the least difficulties of several passes that 
were discovered, and yet it required nearly three miles of 
tunneling, including a tunnel under the summit of nearly 
two miles in length. The road through these mountains 
to Tacoma would cost eight millions of dollars. 

The construction of a hundred miles of railroad from 
Tacoma to the Columbia River, was the quickest and least 
expensive way of reaching Puget Sound from the east and 
south. The Northern Pacific directors therefore decided 
to connect with the Sound, first, by the Columbia River 
route, and accordingly thev located what is now known as 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



the Pacific Division and secured control of tlie navigation of 
the Columbia from Kalama to Portland, and Walla Walla. 
For several years this was the only route between the east- 
ern and western parts of Washington. The original plan 
for a direct line to Puget Sound, though held temporardy 
in check, and still further retarded by the financial crisis of 
1872 and '73, was never abandoned. The terminus of the 
main line had been definitely established at Tacoma where 
the lines of traffic from the smith and east converge, and 
the ground was laid out for a large city. The causes which 
delayed the completion of the railroad hindered the settle- 
ment and development of the entire western part of the 
Territory, and of course prevented the city of Tacoma from 



is four miles. The highest point of the promontory is in 
its center, a moderately high ridge extending its whole 
length until at its extreme northern point it ends in an ab- 
rupt bold precipice, presenting that appearance, as ap- 
proached from the north by the Sound, which suggested the 
name of ••Defiance." The main land at the head of the 
bay, slopes gradually down to the water from the south, 
and an area of three and a-half square miles lies so low 
that the high tides cover a large portion of it. This tract 
is known as the "tide flats." Those when dyked, will afford 
the very best locations for mills and factories which have 
business equally with ships and cars. 

Already a mammoth sawmill as well as an equally large 




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realizing at once the hopes of its founders. But notwith- 
standing these adverse circumstances, its growth for the 
first few years was relatively greater than that of the coun- 
try tributary to it, and far in excess of rival towns. But as 
soon as direct communication w'as made across the Cascade 
Mountains, the growth of Tacoma was phenomenal. 

THE CITY AS IT IS. 

The peninsular promontory upon which Tacoma is built, 
runs out to a point forming a triangle. Taking Twenty- 
First Street at the head of Commencement Bay, and trav- 
eling in its direction west for five miles, we come to the 
waters of Puget Sound again at the Narrows. From Twen- 
ty-first streeet to Point Defiance northward, is a distance of 
five miles. To the line of the ]'u\alliip Indian reservation 



sash and door factory are in 
operation on the flats, but 
these can hardly be men- 
tioned with the improve- 
ments that will be made in 
the next twelve months. Docks extending a mile and 
a quarter, are now being constructed for ocean going ves- 
sels. .\ large freight and warehouse is also being built 
upon the wharf. Another proposed improvement is the 
building of an immense suspension bridge across the broad 
arm of Puyallup River, from either Niifth or Tenth streets 
to the flats. The importance as well as the expenditure of 
such an undertaking as this can only be appreciated by one 
familiar with the site. 

From here the land rises gradually in natural terraces 
back from the water, as well as along its front. No more 
perfect natural location for a great city could be conceived. 
When the railroad company determined upon this as a ter- 
minal point, it instructed its engineers to lay this land out 
for the building of a city ; to forget the wilderness that 
crowded it; to forget that it was on the extreme frontier; 
to bear in mind only its future greatness, and to have a care 
that its streets and avenues should have noble proportions 
in keeping with that idea, that when they should be lined 
with stately buildings there should be nothing to regret. 
They entered into the full spirit of their work, and to-day, 



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friends, jealous rivals and indifferent strangers alii<e agree 
that no city on tiie continent is so splendidly planned. Tlie 
engineer declared when he entered upon the work that the 
streets should have such easy grades that a horse with buggy 
and driver might go from any one point to another in a lively 
trot, and he carried his point. The east and west streets 
climb the hills at gentle grades, and easy stages, the main 
avenues (north and south) stretch along natural benches of 
the side hills, forming the most magnilicent of drives. The 
streets are all eighty feet wide, the avenues one hundred, and 
the allevs forty feet. The top of the hill is reached at a half 
a mile back from the water and the land, thence spreads 
away on a level plateau until within a short distance of the 
Narrows, when it again slopes in the same way to the water. 

HOW TACOM.\ IS GROWING. 

Previous to November, 1880, the little town of Steilacoom 
was the county seat of Pierce County, but as Tacoma grew 



notwithstanding this, Tacoma now has fifty-two miles of ad- 
mirably graded streets, and ninety-eight miles of sidewalks. 
Since May i, 1889, over eighteen miles of streets and twen- 
ty-si.K miles of sidewalks have been graded, and it is the 
intention of the city surveyor to grade twenty-two miles 
more of street, and put down thirty miles more of sidewalk 
before the beginning of the year. With regard to the 
sewerage .system of Tacoma the same energy has been dis- 
played by the city government. The city now possesses a 
system that is second to none on the Pacific coast. Since 
last May fifteen miles of sewers have been constructed, and 
before the end of the year fifteen miles more will be finished. 
The expenses of the city for street improvements for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, are as follows : For grad- 
ing and sidewalks, $150,564.78 ; for sewers, $70,609.66; for 
condemnation of property for streets, $10,127.75; for repair- 
ing of sidewalks, streets, sewers and wharves, this together 
with the general expenses, including salaries and light and 







VIEW OF TACOMA AVENUE. 



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and the principal interests of the county became centered 
here, it was decided that at the general elections hekl in 
November, the question of the permanent location of the 
headquarters of the county officers should be left to the 
vote of the people, and on the tenth day of November, 
1880, the county commissioners formally declared Tacoma 
the choice of the public by an overwhelming vote. At the 
opening of the year 1887, the most enthusiastic champions 
of Tacoma did not estimate its population above 9,000, and 
this had been the result of a gradual, steady growth since 
the little sawmill settlement was electrified by the news that 
it had been chosen as the site for the terminus of the rail- 
road. While the most enthusiastic citizen of 18S7 did not 
rate the population over 9,000, the most conservative citizen 
of 18S9 does not place it under 30,000. The city has spread 
over miles of additional territory, antl what was a suburb a 
few years ago, is now comparatively the center of the city. 
The hilly situation of the city and the numerous stunijis 
made the grading of streets an expensive undertaking, but 



water bills, etc., makes the total expen.ses $353,718.96. The 
question of paving the streets with some suitable material 
that will facilitate traffic and enable the cleansing of the 
streets, has been discussed by the city council and as the 
winter season prevents the introduction of a permanent 
pavement, the principal streets and avenues are being 
planked. It is also proposed iie.xt year to put down 
cedar blocks or asphalt. 

THE BUSINESS PORTION. 

The business portion of the city extends principally from 
the head of the bay along the water front for the distance 
of several miles. On the even, IdW lying ground at the 
head of the bay are grouped mills, factories, machine shops 
and foundries. The railroad coming west down the valley 
of the Puvallup River sweeps round in this direction (with 
convenient sidetracks), and extends along the water front to 
the Point Defiance Park. The ocean freight wharf and 
shipping docks are at a point about one-fourth iif this 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



distance north, where the tide flats end and the deep water 
begins. Here commences a series of coal bunicers and 
wheat warehouses, and further along, the great Tacoma 
mill, fish cannerv, the Pacific mill and the smelting and re- 
duction works, with smaller industries interspersed. From 
the ocean freight docks a street (now being remodeled at 
great cost into a splendid thoroughfare) has been cut out 
of the side hill e.\tending at a grade sufficiently easy to 
accommodate the heaviest traffic, uj) to the top of the 
first bench, where it leads in a straight line and on a natural 
grade, down to the passenger depot and manufacturing and 
wholesale section at the head of the bay again, and on for 
a mile beyond. This is Pacific avenue, the main business 
thoroughfare, at the highest point of which, as it rises from 
the wharf and docks and commamling a perfect view of the 



The bay, with its quiet waters and green islands, is given 
a spirit of life by a multitude of water craft, from the tiny 
canoe, pleasure boat and noisy tug, to the dignified ocean 
steamer and full-rigged ship, moving hither and thither, or 
lying quietly at anchor in the bay or moored to the docks. 
Across the bay the eye foilow.sthe meanderings of the Puy- 
allup River — -a thread of silver winding through the mead- 
ows of the valley, fringed with changing verdure, on through 
the Indian reservation, past the church and school and little 
settlement, on until it is lost in the dark pine woods of the 
foothills. Then, above this dark green girdle the imposing 
majesty of great Tacoma lifts its mighty head far into the 
clouds. Be the soul of the observer ever so unimpressible 
it must be stirred with sudden wonder and awe. From the 
quiet pastoral beauty of the valley of the Puyallup to this 




VIEW OF rACIFIC .WF.NUE. 

shipping and railroad yards, stands the new Western office great white robed monarch of all the mountains is a con- 
building of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. From trast that, travelers tell us, has no par dlel in the world's pan- 
this point to the passenger station at Seventeenth street, orama. There are higher mountains than Tacoma, but not 
this thoroughfare is built up with costly brick blocks from one other known peak that rises so grandly alone from the 
three to seven .stories high. At the foot of Fifteenth street, level of the sea to such a height. It is covered with a com- 
the city is now constructing expensive and commodious piete robe of snow from the line of green foothills in which 
docks for the numerous Sound .steamers that make Tacoma its base is lost to the distant observer, to the top where the 
their headquarters to receive and discharge freight. steam of a slumbering volcano hovers over its crown form- 
ing what is called the " liberty cap." 

Looking to the west from these same windows there are 

The resident portion of Tacoma is situaied upon the the jagged peaks and white snow caps of the Olympic or 

higher ground, and is thus lifted above the stir and noise Coast Range, forming another beautiful and distant horizon 

of the business portion; the citizen continually enjoys the Look at this picture as often as you will it is ever the same 

purest of air, the best of drainage, and the most delightful The play of light and shade and chan'o-jno- cloud effects 

of views. Such is the gradual slope of the hillside that, like the sunrise and sunset, the rising moon and every breeze 

raised chairs in a theater, the windows of nearly every house touch it with an artistic hand to add new beauties This 

upon it command the incomparable view spread before it. view-" a view of the mountain"— is the first consideration 



rHK RESIDENT PORTION. 




REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF TACOMA. 



TA COMA ILLUS TRA TED. 



with the purchaser of residence property in the cityancl 
wiiether it is good or imperfect has a very great in- 
fluence oil the price which he is asked. 

MANUFACTURING. 

Taconia is rapidly taking position as a great manufact- 
uring center. Heretofore it has imported the bulk of the 
products consumed by its people. While it bought of dis- 
tant cities flour and feed, furniture, boots and shoes and 
other articles of daily use, it shipped away lumber, coal, 
wheat, and hides of which these things are made. But the 
course of trade has already in a great measure changed, 
and is still changing. With abun- 
dant coal and coke, several va- 
rieties of iron ore and limestone 
for flu.K necessary to the making 
of iron and steel, abundant wood 
and water, unequaled transporta- 
tion facilities and a great market, 
at hand. Tacoma must neces- 
sarily come to the front of all 
rival towns on the Pacific coast 
as a great manufacturing cen- 
ter. The railroad company es- 
tablished machine shops here as 
early as 1S77, and other works 
followed until the list of paid 
operatives and the amount of 
money paid workmen here is 
greater than any place north of 
Portland, Oregon. There are 
now numerous iron and brass 
foundries, stove works, machine 
shops, car and locomotive shops, 
flour mills, furniture factories, 
sewer pipe, tile and potters' 
works, brickyards, a number of 
shingle mills, sash and door fac- 
tories, in fact, every industry of 
importance is represented in the 
City of Destiny. As to the saw- 
mills, the aggregate daily output 
is 1,500,000 feet per day. Ta- 
coma is the lumber center of the 
North Pacific coast. The Ryan 
Smelter and Reduction works with a capacity of 15,000 
tons of ore, will be in full operation by June i, 1889. It 
would not be doing the City of Destiny justice to attempt 
to show forth the industries that are within her gates, in a 
general article on the city, and in order to e.xpatiate upon 
them, the compilers of this work have decided to take u]i 
each branch in a systematic manner. 

THE PUBLIC PARKS. 

The City Council have taken steps to secure for the city 
the grandest .system of public parks of any city in the 
country. As is well known, the United States Government 
reserved from the public lands thrown open to settlement 




U.NLOADING TEA FROM CHINA AND JAPAN 



Sections 16 and 36 in every township. A section of land i.s 
a square mile, and these, as surveyed in tracts of 36 square 
miles and numbered from i to 36, form a township. .\11 
the rest, except the even hundred sections for fifty miles 
along the railroad, which form the land grant to the com- 
pany, are open to settlement, as is well known. The sections 
16 and 36 are reserved, to be sold when the Territory shall 
become a State, the proceeds to form a public school fund. 
Under a recent act of Congress, the county commissioners 
are authorized to lease these lands in order that they shall 
draw a revenue pending this time. The City Council of 
Tacoma at once negotiated the lease of one-half of 16 and 

all of 36 from the county com- 
missioners. Section 16 of town- 
ship 21, in which Tacoma is 
located, adjoins the present city 
limits on the south, and section 
36 adjoins it on the northwest. 
It is contemplated that the city 
will purchase the lands as soon 
as statehood makes that possible. 
In the heart of the present city 
a reservation of thirty acres was 
left by the Land Company for 
park purposes, and this has al- 
ready been improved by the city. 
The National Congress at its last 
session passed an act dedicating 
the United States military re- 
serve, comprising over 600 acres 
at Point Defiance, for the use of 
the city of Tacoma as a public 
park. These, with several smaller 
tracts in different sections of the 
city, connected by broad and 
beautiful drives, complete a sys- 
tem of parks that will forever 
be a public pride. Indeed, the 
countrv for a distance of twenty 
miles south of Tacoma, aiul in- 
cluding Section 16, is a perfect 
natural park, as level in many 
places as a floor, free of under- 
brush, but rendered beautiful by 
groves of fir, evergreen and small 
oak, and here and there a lake bordered with pine and hazel 
brush. Around and through this one may drive winter and 
summer in any direction. It is covered with a thin grass, 
and in early summer with myriads of beautiful flowers. 
In the most northerly portion of this natural park is 
located the only race track near Tacoma. The land was 
recently purchased for this use by a company organized in 
Tacoma, and here it is intended to hold the races and fairs. 
At a distance of about twelve miles and in the open prairie 
are found what are known as Gravelly and American Lakes, 
a region of great beauty, adding much to the attractiveness 
of the country which immediately surrounds this beauti- 
ful "City of Destiny." 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



IMPORTS OF TEA AND GENERAL SHIPPING. 

The port of Port Townsend, through which all vessels 
coming into or going out from Puget Sound, pass, has be- 
come the fifth port in importance in the United States. 
The value of incoming and outgoing cargoes at four ports 
in the country, only, e.xceed the value of those passing 
through Port Townsend, and more cargoes go out from or 
are bound to Tacoma, than any other city on Puget Sound. 
Tacoma has one of the finest harbors in the world. It is 
several miles in length, and the water is from 40 to 75 
fathoms deep. The distance to Port Town,send is about 
75 miles, and the cost of towing vessels in from the sea 
and back again is very small comparatively. 

For the year 1888, the total lumber exports of Tacoma 
amounted to 94 cargoes, or 73,454,905 feet of lumber, 
valued at $873,707.75, as against 63,371,141 feet, valued at 
$760,453.70 for the year 1887. The lumber exports for the 
year 1889 will be still larger. There are several large mills 
now in operation that were not yet completed last year. 
The lumber is shipped to San Francisco and other coast 
cities, and to Europe, South America and ports on the 
Atlantic coast. Large quantities of lath, spars and pickets 
are also exported from Tacoma. It is likely that the value of 
lumber exports from Tacoma for the year 1889 will exceed 
$1,000,000. The coal shipped from Tacoma during 188S ag- 
gregated III cargoes; amounting to 272,529 tons, valued at 
$1,426,012.25. The amount of coal shipped from this port 
during 1889 will be considerably greater than that shipped 
in 1888. Less than half of the coal taken out of the 
mines tributary to Tacoma is shipped. Some of the largest 
mines are owned by the Northern Pacific railroad company, 
and is all used by the railroad itself. The exportation of 
wheat from Tacoma has also been touched upon at length 
in another article. 

Tacoma is connected with San Francisco by a line of 
steamers, one of which arrives and departs from Tacoma 
every five days. These returning steamers transport to 
San Francisco from Tacoma large quantities of flaxseed, 
hides, and other commodities. These steamers bring up 
from San Francisco large quantities of manufactured goods, 
besides fruit and vegetables during the summer season, be- 
fore those grown around Tacoma are fully matured. 

Tacoma is also becoming a great importing city. She 
imports tea by the shipload from Japan and China, and 
many cargoes yearly of different commodities from Great 
Britain. 

During the year 1S88 the value of the tea im|)orted to 
Tacoma was $438,089, on which duties amounting to $23,- 
280.25 were paid. Most of the tea thus imported consisted 
of five cargoes brought over in the ship by W. J. Rotch, 
St. Francis, Republic, and the barks George S. Homer and 
Spartan. Two cargoes of tea were imported to Tacoma in 
18S7, and three during 1889. The three cargoes imported 
this year were brought over from Japan by the ships Lucy 
A. Nickels, Frank Pendleton and Wildwood. In all about 
25,000,000 pounds of tea have been imported to Tacoma. 
The tea was shipped east over the Northern Pacific railroad 
and was destined to Eastern cities and London. 



A number of British iron ships arrive in Tacoma each 
year with general cargoes from Great Britain. Already this 
year, nine British vessels have arrived in Tacoma. These 
were the Lady Cairns, Francis Thorpe, Nith, Keir, La 
Escocesa, Edinburshire, Madeira, Dumbartonshire and 
Ullock. These vessels were loaded with cement, fire brick, 
steel nails, and other English products. There are now 
four other vessels on the way to Tacoma from England, and 
several others have been chartered. The vessels coming 
from England load wheat or lumber for export. This is 
one reason why vessel owners like to send their ships to 
Tacoma; they are always sure of securing a charter for 
their vessel to load wheat or lumber at this port. 

THE STREET RAILWAYS. 

Tacoma is a city built upon a hill, and does not seek to 
hide her light under a bushel. The fact however, that she 
has steep grades makes the subject of this article, street 
railway facilities, an all important one, both for present 
and future consideration. The astonishing growth of 
Tacoma, and the rapid sale and settling of suburban prop- 
erty are forcing the subject imperatively upon the consid- 
eration of her inhabitants as one that must be iiromptly 
dealt with. 

With their usual energy the capitalists of Tacoma have 
grappled with this problem ; accordingly a number of lines 
have been projected, and a list of franchises applied for 
that will gridiron thecity with tracks, bringing theoutskirts of 
the town into closer connection with the business portions 
and increasing the value of every foot of property past which 
they are laid. 

It is impossible to give in the allotted space, a complete 
enumeration of every already constructed or projected 
street railway. Among the principal ones which may 
be mentioned, is the Tacoma Railway & Motor Company, 
whose franchises, as ascertained, cover about all of the 
principal streets in the business and residence portions of 
the city. 

The Tacoma Central railway is controlled by Messrs. 
Manning, Bogle and Hays. It will extend south on Sixth 
street, to Division avenue, Prescott avenue, Pine street, 
and to the city limits. Another franchise covers Eleventh 
street from Pacific avenue to K and from there to Thir- 
teenth and along Thirteenth to Pacific avenue again. R. 
F. Radebaugh owns a franchise to run along Delin street 
from Pacific to Wright avenue, to the southerly limits of 
the city on G street, and on South Twenty-ninth from 
Pacific avenue to Delin street. The North End road, 
mainly controlled by Allen C. Mason, will, as its name 
indicates, pass through the northern suburbs, and have a 
branch which will reach to the smelter. The westerly 
limits of the city will be reached by a line running along 
Eleventh street from K to the limits. 

At the time of writing miles of street railway tracks are 
being graded and laid in various portions of the city, and 
there is no question that shortly the whole town will be 
furnished with a thoroughly equipped street car system, the 
peer of any similar system in the United States. 



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JOURNALS AND JOURNALISTS. 




I ERE are more newspapers ]Hiblisbed in 
Tacoma than in any otiier city in Wash- 
ington. Besides three dailies publishing; 
full telegraphic reports and employing a 
large force of editors, reporters and special 
writers, there are nine weeklies published 
in various languages, and devoted to various interests. 

The J/or/i/'/ix Globe and Daily Ledger are issued every 
morning, and the Evening News, as its name implies, dishes 
up every evening in an entertaining manner, all events of 
interest that occur during the day. The weeklies are, the 
Sunday Times, a bright and entertaining society paper, the 
West Coast Trade, devoted to the wholesale and jobbing 
interests; Every Sunday, giving a resume of occurrences at 
the end of each week; the Globe, Ledger and News, weekly 
editions; the Real Estate Journal, devoted to real estate; 
the Northwest JLorticulturist and Stock Journal, the Baptist 
and the Watch am Sunde, a German paper. The Real 
Estate and Industrial yoiirnal and the Bulletin (the latter 
published by the Y. M. C. A.) are monthlies. 



THE TACOM.\ LEDGER. 



The T.\com.\ Ledger is the oldest established paper in 
Tacoma, and Pierce County. It was established as a weekly 
eight colunni four page folio paper, by R. F. Radebaugh of 
San Francisco and H. C. Patrick of the Santa Cruz (Cal.) 
Courier, making its first appearance on Wednesday, April 
21, 1880, and thereafter every Friday. At the head of the 
columns on the first page, under its title, there appeared, 
and still appears in the weekly, the following terse declara- 
tion outlining its policy: "An independent journal, devoted 
to the development of the resources of Washington Terri- 
tory." This policy has been adhered to. Its political 
leanings have been toward Republicanism. It was uphill 
work publishing a paper in the early days of New Tacoma, 
with its population of less than 800, but as the town pros- 
pered the Led(;er prospered with it. In May, 1882, R. Y. 
Radebaugh became the sole proprietor of the Ledger, and 
still retains ownership. On Saturday, April 7, 18S3, the 
first issue of the Daily Ledger was published, in si.\ col- 
umn four page folio form, carrying the dispatches of the 
Western Associated Press. It is still the only paper in 
Tacoma that receives them. Increasing business necessi- 
tated an enlargement of the Ledger, a few months later, to 
an eight column paper. On March i, 1885, it was enlarged 
to a si-\ column eight page paper, which form it retained 
until April 2c, 1888, when it was enlarged to a seven column 
paper, its present size. 

Up to Monday, February 25, 1889, the D.ui.y Ledger 
was issued only si.x days a week, from Tuesday to Sunday 
inclusive, but on the above date the Monday pajier was first 
issued, and a seven day journal established, the Sunday 
paper appearing as the Sunday Ledger. While advocat- 
ing the interests of Tacoma, the Ledger never lost sight of 
the Territory, and there is not a paper in Washington which 



has done more to attract immigration and capital by hard 
missionary work in repeatedly calling the attention of the 
world to the boundless resources of this great commonwealth. 



THE TACOMA MORNING GLOBE. 



The Tacoma Morning Globe was started in October, 1888, 
by the Globe Publishing Company, and has made a record 
unparalleled in the history of newspapers. From the first 
it has been a live local [laper, largely due to Chas. E. Race, 
who had charge of the local department for the first si.v 
months, and with Frank J, Millard, business manager, did 
all the editorial work, including the telegraph and proof- 
reading. January i it was enlarged to its present size. 
In February Col. Will L. Visscher became editor in chief, 
and the paper soon took its place as one of the leading 
dailies of the metropolis of Washington. L^pon the retire- 
ment of Mr. Race, the local department fell to Chas. Wood- 
worth who had been on the staff for some time. The 
telegraph service of the paper is unsurpassed by any in the 
State, and is under the supervision of C. E. Crittenden. A 
perfecting press has been ordered, and is now on the way 
from Chicago, and the Globe, in one year, from a small 
folio, is now a handsome newspaper, known and read in every 
hamlet in the State. 

THE TACOMA EVENING NEWS. 



This sheet was first published as the Pierce County A'ews, 
whose first number appeared in the then small village of 
Tacoma, on Aug. 10, 1881. George W. Mattice was its 
publisher. The Fierce County Neics was enlarged Oct. 26, 
1881, and again on ]a.n. 25, 1882. H. C. Patrick, now a 
Justice of the Peace in Tacoma, made a daily evening paper 
of it Sept. 25, 1883, and called it Tlu- Tacoma News. He 
sold his interest to George R. Epperron iS: Co. (the silent 
interest being held by Allen C. Mason, W. A. Berrv, James 
Wickersham and ^^'illiam Mclntyre). The News Publishing 
Company was organized March i, 1886, with Richard Roe- 
diger, William Mclntyre, Allen C. Mason, W. A. Berry and 
James \Vickersham, as incorporators. The latter three sub- 
sequently retired, and the property was then owned by 
Messrs. Roediger and Mclntyre. Thomas E. Scantlin 
bougiit an interest in the establishment in the fall of 1888, 
and the owners and officers of the paper now are: Presi- 
dent, William Mclntyre; vice-president, T. E. Scantlin; 
secretary, Richard Roediger. The Evening N'e-ws has since 
been enlarged to an eight column folio, is a prosperous and 
enterprising Democratic journal, and the only evening paper 
in Tacoma. Mr. Scantlin is the editor-in-chief; citv editor, 
H. Hal Hoffman; telegraph editor, George P. Jacobs; as- 
sistant city editor, Edward H. Miller. 

The company also operates a large job printing dei)arl- 
ment. The excavations for a new four story brick and 
stone building, which The Evening News will erect between 
Railroad and C streets, south of Eleventh street, are now 
under way, and a new Perfection press for the daily is now 
on the wav. 



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TACOMA I LLl'STRATED. 



THE WEST COAST TRADE, 



This excellent paper is published and edited by Mr. 
Orno Strong, late of Michigan. 

The Trade is an independent journal, ilevoted to the 
mercantile interests of the North Pacific country. It con- 
tains quotations on the leading articles of merchandise, a 
weekly review of the markets in general, a record of the 
events of trade and business, editorial essays and notes, in- 
dustrial, financial, manufacturing and shipping news. 

The aim of the Trade is to represent, fully and fairly, 
Washington's mercantile interests, and to prove a careful, 
faithful friend to the retail merchant — in brief, to serve 
those engaged in the business of buying and selling. 

To Mr. Strong the compilers of " Tacom-\ Illustr.\teu " 
are indebted for valuable information concerning Tacoma's 
rapidly increasing jobbing trade. 



THE JOURNAL. 



The Journal was first established as a real estate 
journal in Tacoma by Mr. A. W. Berry as publisher, and 
Col. C. W. Hobart, an able and prominent newspaper man 
formerly connected with the principal newspapers of Chi- 
cago, as editor and manager. May i, 1888, it was just a 
four column quarto, devoted exclusively to the real estate of 
Tacoma, and issued weekly. It met with favor and finan- 
cial success from the first month, and 5,000 copies were 
issued each week, and largely circulated throughout the 
Eastern States. 

At the end of the first year and volume, its name was 
changed to "The Journal, devoted to the Real Estate 
and Industrial Interests of Washington," and its form 
changed to a si.\ column folio, in which shape it is now pub- 
lished. 

In August, 1889, Boothroyd i\: Co. succeeded A. W. 
Berry as publisher, the editorial management still remaining 
in the hands of Col. (". W. Hobart. The change in name 
and scope extended its lic-ld in the entire Territory, in which 
it meets with success as a worker in the upbuilding of the 
grand future State of Washington. 



EVERY SUNDAY. 



Mr. Edward N. Fuller arrived in Tacoma on the 26tli of 
July, 1882, and at once enlisted as editor of the Weekly 
A'ews, which was purchased by Mr, H. C. Patrick a few 
weeks previous. He continued to edit that paper until 
September, 1883, when the daily edition was commenced. 
Early in the year 1885, he resigned the editorship of the 
JVeK's to become secretary of the Tacoma Chamber of Com- 
merce, which position he held for two years, in the mean- 
time (May, 1886) starting a weekly paper called Coinmeree. 
In May, 1887, he removed this paper to Puyallup, W. T,, it 
being the first newspaper ever printed in the great scope of 
country between the cities of Tacoma and Seattle. In Au- 
gust, i888, Mr, Fuller sold the Commerce to Col. J. W. Red- 
ington, and made an engagement as editorial writer on the 



staff of the Tacoma Daily Ledi^er, which terminated on the 
ist of January, 1889. On March 3, 1889, he started Every 
Siiihlav, ill the first ward of Tacoma, known as " Old Ta- 
coma," which paper has made good progress, and promises 
to become a successful journal. Mr. Fuller began his news- 
paper career in February, 1842, in a Dover (N. H.) printing 
office, and proposes to celebrate his fiftieth anniversary in 
1892. His son Robert, and daughter Fay Ed. Fuller, are 
associated with him in the conduct of Evcrv Sundav. 



HARBOR AND RAILROAD ENTERPRISES. 



Tacoma harbor may be divided into three sections : The 
old ocean docks, extending from the railroad wharf down 
the west shore to the smelter; the head of the bay, extending 
from the ocean wharf one mile south of Twenty-third street; 
and the new and proposed ocean docks on the tide flats. 

The Commencement Bay Co. is now building a wharf 
one mile long in the latter section, at a cost of $100,000. 
The Hart mill now under contract and the St. Paul mill 
built last spring, and the Wheeler sash and door factory 
recently completed, are also in this section. A bridge cost- 
ing $100,000 will be built over the channel to this section 
this year. 

Along the west side of the channel to the head of the 
bay from Fifteenth to Twenty-third streets has been built 
nearly half a mile of wharves, warehouses and factories. 

The balance of the improvements have been made by 
the N. P. R. R. Co. which appropriated for this year's im- 
provements $1,000,000; $750,000 will be spent this year. An 
appropriation of $500,000 will be made next year to build 
machine and car shops. 

Last year 1 1 miles of track were laid in the yard, ex- 
tending from the smelter to the Reservation. This year 
10 miles will be laid, 4 in the half moon, 4 at the 
head of the Bay, and 2 miles private sidings. The bluff 
along Pacific avenue leading to the old docks has been cut 
down, and the dirt filled in the half moon by hydraulic 
works, making about 8 acres additional yard room, and 
3,000 feet of dock front. The work on the avenue will 
make a 100 foot street of a 20 foot road. Beyond the 
ocean dock the new coal bunkers, with room for two ships 
to load, were built this season, and further down the N. P.' 
elevator, the Kershaw wheat house, the mill of the Puget 
Mill Co., and at the end of the track the Ryan smelter. 

At the head of the bay the greatest work has been done; 
120 acres of tide flats have been filled in by the great 
rotary dredger, from earth taken from the channel to the 
head of the bay, making a channel 35 feet deep and 600 
feet wide. A hill of about 40 acres in extent, averaging 20 
or 30 feet high, has been dug away, and the earth used in 
filling in the flats, by two steam shovels, the factories, stores 
and dwellings located on the tract being moved out upon 
skidways and then lowered to the new level. 

This tract will hz the main yard of the N. P. R. R. ; five 
miles of track have already been laid and a freight house 
built, costing $22,000; and next year the engine and car 
shops will be built, costing $500,000. 




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PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 



NEW POST OI-FICE ULILDING. 

nortiiilrn pacific IIEAUQU.A 
fanny i'addock hospitai.. 
ciiamuer of commerce. 



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THE GREAT RYAN SMELTER. 

How IT WILL Hllp '1'acoma's Inuustkil^, and Make 

HER A (JREAT FINANCIAL CENTER. 




K have the largest smelter on the I'acific 
coast nearly completed, and ready to start 
up for actual work some time this fall. 
( )ver $200,000 have been expended al- 
ready, and if all the buiklings contained in 
the plans are com])leted, the cost will 
probably be as much more. The smelter is being built 
by the Dennis Ryan Syndicate of St. Paul — a syndicate 
wealthy enough to put up such a plant as ought to be in 
operation in this growing country. 

The flue dust chamber aLul the smoke stack contain nearly 



of ore daily required. At present the capacity will be 160 
tons of ore daily, with 150 employes, 041 three eight-hour 
shifts— day and night. A consignment of 1,000 tons of 
lead-silver " concentrates " from Dennis Ryan's " Gold 
Hunter" mine in the Coeur d'.\lene, is expected soon to 
arrive, when work will then commence. The syndicate is 
now making arrangements to contract to smelt 5,000 tons of 
.\laska ores per month, and it will also receive silver ore as 
ballast from South .American lumber vessels. Surely, the 
day of small things in the mining indu.stry of Tacoma 
has passed, and we are well on our way to become a mining 
center. 

There are few persons who can realize what the smelter 
will do for 'I'aconia in a financial way. The shipping from 
this city of quantities of precious ores to our Eastern finan- 




7>^ 

THE GRE.\T RYA.X S.MELTER. 



2,500,000 brick. The main building and flue chamber have 
been built to take in seven smoke stacks. The boiler house 
has room for two more boilers. The calcining building is 
S4X101 feet, and the two furnaces — already erected — are 
each 17.X71 feet. The interior of these furnaces are lined 
with fire brick that cost 5 cents each. 

The flue dust chamber is 10 feet square antl 440 feet in 
length; this is connected with the chimney, which is of the 
same diameter at the base. 

Each of the two furnaces will smelt 80 tons per day, and 
will require 25 tons of coke. 

The smelter will be prepared to handle gold, silver, lead, 
and copper ores, and will start up with these two com- 
pleted furnaces and employ 150 men. When the full com- 
plement of seven furnaces is finished, 1,000 men will be 
necessary to do the requisite work of smelting the 560 tons 



cial centers, will make Tacoma the principal jioint for the 
buving of exchange, and will so help to make her the great 
financial center of the Pacific coast. 

This may seem rather a broad assertion, but why so? 
The .\laska resources of precious ores are practically 
boundless, as are also those of the Coeur DWlene and 
other districts; precious ores will be sent continually to 
New York and thus there will at all times be a balance in 
favor of Tacoma, which naturally will give this city the 
prestige when exchange on New York is wanted. 

No one can compute the extent of the benefit from a 
smelter the size of the present one at Tacoma, particu- 
larly in view of the city's superior location for everything 
pertaining to transportation, general commerce, manufact- 
ures and finances; we wish to bring this as strongly before 
the reader as possible. 



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TACO MA ILL US TR AT ED. 



WHEAT. 

Tacoma the Great Outlet — Her Immense Exports 
OF this Cereal. 




[HEAT has made cities. Some of the 
greatest cities on the American continent 
owe their growth largely to the wheat 
trade which has come to them because 
of their situation at the outlet of some 
great wheat district, their railroad facil- 
ities, or their position on some great river, lake, or bet- 
ter \et, one of the two great oceans. To their location 
Chicago, New York, St. Louis, San Francisco and Duluth 
owe their greatness as grain markets or grain e.xporting 
cities. Tacoma is thus blessed. Her situation makes her 
the natural outlet of the great grain producing districts of 
Washington, Idaho and Oregon. She has the best railroad 
facilities of any city in the Northwest, and she is situated on 
Puget Sound, the great inlet of that greatest of oceans — 
the Pacific. 

Tacoma has more than this. She has at her back one of 
the greatest wheat producing districts of the world. The 
grain region tributary to Tacoma includes a number of the 
largest counties of Washington, Idaho and Oregon, mak- 
ing in all a territory considerably larger than many of the 
Eastern States possess, and certainly much more fertile 
and productive. 

If an Eastern farmer gets twenty or twenty-five bushels 
of wheat per acre from his farm, he thinks he is doing well. 
The Washington farmer's acres average fairly well at fifty 
bushels to the acre, though a higher average is not unusual. 
The grain district in the southeastern part of Washington 
is known as the Walla Walla wheat district. This district 
also includes the northeastern part of Oregon and several 
counties in the western part of Idaho. The other great 
grain district of Washington is known as the Inland 
Empire. It comprises the region lying between the Snake 
and Columbia Rivers. This grain district is also known as 
the Big Bend country, from the fact of its being bounded 
on three of four sides by the great Columbia River. There 
is no real dividing line between the Walla Walla grain dis- 
trict and the inland Empire. The two districts together 
comprise the whole of eastern and southeastern Washington, 
but the opposite boundaries of the grain producing region 
are so far apart that it is more convenient to know the 
grain region as two wheat districts. The Walla Walla 
wheat di.strict is the older of the two in the matter of cul- 
tivation. Wheat has been grown in this region for over 
twenty years, and the land now produces as much wheat 
per acre as it ever did. This district is connected with 
Tacoma by two entirely different lines of railway. To 
begin with, the Oregon & Washington railroad, better 
known as the Hunt railway system, taps the leading centers 
of the wheat district. The Northern Pacific railroad and 
the Oregon Railway and Navigation company's lines both 
traverse the grain region also. The wheat is brought by 
the farmers to stations along one of the three lines of railroad 
and sold. The grain is bought by one of several elevator 



companies, or by private wheat buying firms. The North- 
ern Pacific Elevator company, which is the most important 
one buying wheat in this district, has wheat elevators or 
warehouses all along the lines of the Northern Pacific and 
the Oregon and Washington railroads. This company, 
which is one of the wealthiest in the Northwest, has its 
great elevator at Tacoma where all of its grain is shipped 
to be transferred to the vessels that are to carry it to 
Europe. The wheat buyers and elevator companies buy 
the wheat and store it in the warehouses or elevators along 
the railroads until they are ready to ship it to Tacoma. 
The Oregon and Washington road is a feeder of both the 
Northern Pacific road and the Oregon Railway & Naviga- 
tion line, though now. by a close traffic agreement, most of 
the wheat sold along the line of that road is transferred 
to the Northern Pacific line for shipment to the tide water. 

The wheat picked up on the Northern Pacific and 
Oregon & Washington roads is shipped over the former 
line to Pasco Junction and thence over the Cascade divi- 
sion of the same road to Tacoma. The other route by 
which wheat is shipped to Tacoma is over the Oregon 
Railway & Navigation company's line to Portland, Oregon, 
and thence to Tacoma over the Pacific division of the 
Northern Pacific road, or by water on ocean vessels or 
steamships. The latter route is the longest, but the charges 
for the shipment of grain to Tacoma are the same, whichever 
route it comes by. The cost for the transportation of 
grain to Tacoma is $4.70 per ton. The wheat from the 
Inland Empire is shipped over the Northern Pacific road 
or its branches. 

The wheat is gathered up on the main line of the road, 
the Spokane Fails and Palouse branch and the Washington 
Central road, which is another branch of the Northern 
Pacific. The Northern Pacific Elevator company also has 
wheat warehouses and elevators along the line through 
the wheat district of the Big Bend country. After the 
wheat is bought and stored in the warehouses and elevators 
along the railroad, it is shipped by rail to Tacoma. Arrived in 
Tacoma, the wheat is stored in the immense elevators and 
warehouses. Among the principal firms exporting wheat 
from Tacoma are Balfour, Guthrie & Co., the Portland 
ShippiLg company, C. Caesar & Co., McClaine, Wade & Co., 
Reese, Redman & Co., the Puget Sound Flouring and 
Milling Company, the Tacoma \\'arehouse and Elevator 
Company, the Ni)rthern Pacific Elevator Company, Reed & 
Co., and Dusenberry & Co. 

Tacoma has an aggregate warehouse and elevator capac- 
ity of over 4,000,000 bushels of wheat. It is the only seaport 
in Washington which has elevators or warehouses, and her 
grain handling and shipping facilities are vastly superior to 
those of any city on the Pacific coast with the single exception 
of San Francisco. Among the large elevators and warehouses 
here are the Northern Pacific Elevator company's new ele- 
vator, just completed, the warehouse of the Tacoma Ware- 
house & Elevator company, the Puget Sound Flouring 
& Milling company's warehouse, and the new elevator now 
being built by the latter company. There is a large flour- 
ing- mill at Tacoma which uses nearlv 1,000 bushels of 



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are two of them, and 
they carry tire wheat 
from the elevator to tlie 
vessels at the rate of 2,400 bushels per hour, 
wheat per day, and the Puget Sound Flourmg & Milling With these two carriers, two large vessels can be loaded 
company is now erecting a large flouring mill, one of the at the same time and at this rate a large vessel can be 
finest in this country, which will, when completed, turn out readily loaded in the extremely short space of three days, 
flour from 1,000 bushels of wheat per day. In 1887, the ship Persian sailed for Europe from Tacoma 

Nearly 10,000,000 bushels of wheat can be stored in the with 45,000 centals of wheat valued at $50,000. This was 



elevators and warehouses at Tacoma and along the railway 
lines through the grain districts. .\s the wheat comes in, 
after the wheat harvest begins in the summer, the ware- 
houses and elevators at Tacoma are quickly filled up and 
then the grain is stored in the grain district to be shipped 
on to Tacoma after the export shipment to Europe by 
vessel begins. It will thus be seen that, though Tacoma is 
a young city and has not shipped any grain until within 
the last two or three years, she already has one of the 



the first cargo of wheat shipped from Tacoma, antl the 
only cargo for that year. During the year 1888 there were 
shipped from Tacoma twenty-nine cargoes of a total weight 
of 1,517,040 centals, or nearly 3,000,000 bushels of wheat. 
The value of these twenty-nine cargoes aggregated 
$2,127,974. This jump at a single bound from shipping 
one cargo of wheat in 1S87, to twenty-nine cargoes in 1889, 
demonstrated that Tacoma was to be a great grain ship- 
ping port. The export of wheat from Tacoma for the 



best and most fully equipped systems of handling wheat, year 1889 will at least double that of last year. A vessel's 

that there is in existence in the world, 'i'he method expenses in coming in from, and going out to the sea from 

employed at the Northern Pacific Elevator company's big Tacoma, are several thousand dollars less than a vessel's 

elevator is a good example of how the wheat is handled expenses in going up to Portland from the sea and back 

after it reaches Tacoma. The cars of wheat are taken again. The grain buyers now have representatives in the 



right into the elevator and there unloaded by steam power 
at the rate of a car every ten minutes on each of the two 
tracks which pass through the elevator. The wheat is 
carried to the top of the elevator, and emptied into immense 
bins. .\s this is written, the liritish iron bark Dumbarton- 
shire is loading wheat at this elevator. She is the first 
vessel to loail there, as the elevator was completed only a 
few weeks ago. When the vessel has reached the right 
position, one of the grain carriers is set in motion. There 



grain districts, and the farmers are selling their wheat at 
from 62 to 66 cents per bushel. At $4.70 per ton for 
transportation, the rate per bushel is about 14 cents, so that 
the wheat is worth from 76 to 80 cents ]ier bushel at the 
very lowest price when it reaches Tacoma. The Tacoma 
Produce Exchange was incorporated several months ago. 
The exchange has an office in the Chamber of Commerce 
building, and daily market reports are received from the 
principal grain markets of the world. 



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TACOJ/A ILLUSTRATED. 



BANKS AND BANKING. 

Facts and Figures show Tacoma will be the Great 
Financial Center of the North Pacific Coast. 




ERE it not for the fact of its universally 
conceded advantageous location it would 
be a difficult task, even for men eminent in 
finances, to account for the almost univer- 
sal desire of new-comers to engage in the 
banking business. Her rapid growth since 
the completion of the Northern Pacific R. R., three years 
since, is evidenced forcibly by the increase of the banks. 
Ten years ago when 'Pacoma w.is merely a hamlet, con- 
taining not to exceed 
seven hundred souls, 
she had no bank; now, 
with a conservative 
estimate in population 
of at least 30,000, there 
are nine commercial 
and two savings banks; 
of the commercial 
banks si.x are National, 
and three private. 

The first bank estab- 
lished in Tacoma was 
organized about eight 
years ago by the late 
A. J. Baker, with a cap- 
ital of $35,000, and was 
known as the Bank of 
New Tacoma; it was 
successfully conducted 
for a period of three 
years, when it was pur- 
chased by the Hon. 
Walter J. Thompson 
and his associates, who, 
in May, 1S84, merged 
it into the Merchant's 
National Bank with a 
paid up capital of 
$50,000; the very rapid 
and successful growth of this bank is a fair inde.x of the 
standing and rank of the " City of Destiny" in financial 
and commercial circles, and we shall later refer to its 
management, first in the order of banks in order that 
existing conditions may be properly understood, and we 
shall now proceed to the completion of our theme based 
upon the record before us. We premised by stating that, 
while ten years ago Tacoma had no banking institutions 
within her limits, she now has eleven, including two savings 
banks. We shall enumerate them in the order of their or- 
ganization, viz.. Merchants' National, capital $250,000; Ta- 
coma National, capital $100,000; Pacific National, capital 
$100, oco; National Bank of Commerce, capital $200,000; 
Traders' Bank of Tacoma, capital $100,000 ; Citizens' 



National, capital $100,000 ; Washington National, capital 
$ioo,coo; West Coast Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Bank, 
capital $180,000, and the Security Bank, capital $6o,ooo. 

This makes an aggregate capital in the commercial banks 
of $1,190,000, which with their surplus fund, which aggre- 
gates $210,000, gives us fourteen hundred thousand dollars 
of banking capital for commercial purposes in a city of 
thirty thousand people, in addition to the deposits which 
reach about four million of dollars. 

The Savings Banks, known as the Tacoma Trust and Sav- 
ings Bank, and Tacoma Building and Savings Association, 
having an aggregate capital of $130,000, are safe, conserva- 
tive institutions, located finely, and doing a good business. 
It is stated, as an everlasting truism, that bankers are the 

most conservative of 
all professional men; 
if this be true, then 
m u s t Tacoma, the 
"City of Destiny," be- 
come what her many 
friends have been pre- 
dictmg for years, viz., 
'■ The financial center 
of the North Pacific 
Coast." Furthermore, 
as an evidence of the 
fact that the banking 
business is not over- 
done, it has been 
stated to us that the 
managers of the liank 
of Montreal and of 
the Bank of British 
Columbia, have signi- 
fied their intention of 
opening branches at 
Tacoma, and it is 
everywhere regardeil 
as good evidence of 
the advantages of lo- 
cation when these 
foreign institutions 
seek them out. 

In the preparation 
of this article we have endeavored to place only well-known 
facts before the reader rather than mere metaphor or bril- 
liant description, but if it shall aid any one to determine in 
his own mind the important future which lies before this 
proud city on Commencement Bay, in Puget Sound, at the 
foot of the grandest mountain peak on earth. Mount 
Tacoma, raising its snow-crested head, 14,444 feet above 
the sea, we shall be content. 

THE merchants' NATIONAL KANK. 

This bank, which ranks first in amount of paid up capital 
in the State, was, as we have before stated, organized in 
May, 1884, with a cajiital of .'jjiso.ooo; in May. 1S88, its 
directors finding that the large line of deposits necessitated 




merchants national BANK liUILDING. 



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more capital, the capital stock of the banic was doubled, and He is a member of the executive committee of the Chamber 
ao'ain last August their deposits having reached nearly a of Commerce, and has more than once been called upon to 



million of dollars, the amount of paid in capital was in- 
creased to $250,000. In the five years of its existence it 
has acquired a standing in financial circles which in the 
older cities of the Eastern States would have taken years, 
yes twenty years, to accomplish. Its leading position gives 
it facilities for collection and correspondence which are 



represent the City of Destiny in commercial conferences in 
distant cities. To Mr. Collyer we are indebted for the his- 
tory of Tacoma's banking interests, as also for many cour- 
tesies extended us, and it is hardly necessary to say that Mr. 
Collyer's position in financial circles is established when it 
is understood that he is president of the Tacoma Clearing 



excelled by no other banking institution in the State. The House, secretary of the Washington Bankers' Association, 
total resources of the bank according to its last statement, 
are $1,285,972.72. 

At this date the Merchants National Bank has the largest 
capital, more country correspondents, and transacts more 
business than any other bank in the State of Washington. 

The phenomenal prosperity of this institution can be 
accounted for by the way it is officered. Walter J. Thomp- 
son the President, is a man who is universally admired and 
respected by the entire community in which he lives, and it 
is safe to say 




that there is not 
a man in Ta- 
coma to-day 
who so justly 
deserves res- 
pect. Although 
but thirty-seven 
years old, Mr. 
Thompson is to- 
day a self-made 
man and a mill- 
ionaire at that. 
While living in 
Hebron, Neb., 
Mr. Thompson 
forsook law, a 
profession he 
had originally 
intended follow- 
ing, and enter- 
ing the principal bank of that city, he remained there 
until his removal to Tacoma in 1883. Mr. Thompson is 
also a prominent candidate for United States Senator on 
the Republican ticket, and as the new State Senate is com- 
posed of a majority of Repnblicans, there is a very good 
prospect of his attaining his ambition. 

The Vice-President, Mr. Henry Drum, is also a young 
man. He is a brother-in-law of President Thompson, 



INTERIOR OF THE W.tSHINGTON N.^TIONAL BANK. 



First Vice-President of the Pacific Coast Chamber of Com- 
merce, and Vice-President of the American Bankers' Asso- 
ciation. He is for Tacoma first, last, and all the time, and 
is ever ready to give his time and money to maintain the 
prestige of the city. Mr. Collyer comes originally from 
Chicago, and he is a son of the Rev. Robert ("ollyer, the 
eminent divine of New York City. Mr. R. J. Davis, the 
assistant casiiier, started in the bank as office boy. His 
business ability and general integrity are unquestioned, 

and he has no 
superiors in the 
knowledge of 
Ijanking. 

The present 
offices of the 
bank have re- 
cently been ren- 
ovated, but the 
new Safe De- 
posit Block, a 
magnificent edi- 
fice built by the 
Merchants' Na- 
tional Bank and 
the Tacoma 
Trust and Sav- 
ings Bank, will 
be occupied by 
this bank. A 
cut of their new 
building will be seen on the opposite page, and as will be 
seen, it will indeed be an ornament and pride to the city. 

THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL BANK. 

This bank has not been in operation one year, and yet in 
proportion to the other banking houses in Tacoma its busi- 
ness is larger. The bank was organized last spring by 
Messrs. E. L. Scarritt and C. S. Bridges, two energetic and 



and comes from the same town. Mr. Drum, when Mayor thoroughly capable banking men from Watertown, Dak., 

and Greencastle, Ind. They were readily welcomed with 
open arms by the citizens of Tacoma, and but a few days 
passed before the Washington National Bank was incorpo- 
rated with a capital stock of $250,000. The following 
directorship shows the names of some of Tacoma's best 
known citizens: L. F.Thompson, A. .A. Honey, A A. 



of Tacoma from 1888-9, proved himself an able and clear 
headed business man. He has recently been elected to the 
State Senate. Mr. Drum is a Democrat in politics, and the 
very fact that the constituency which he represents is 
strongly Republican, proves beyond doubt his popularity. 
The cashier of the bank, Mr. Samuel Collyer, although only 



a resident in Tacoma since June, 1S88, is now looked upon Knight. A. J. Littlejohn, E. X. Ouimette. Chas. Reichen- 

as a most successful business man. To him credit is chiefly bach, C. S. Bridges and E. L. Scarritt. The officers are: 

due for the prosperity of the bank. His sound judgment E. L. Scarritt, president; E. N. Ouimette, vice-president, 

has gained for him the respect of every one in Tacoma. and C. S. Bridges, cashier. Of President Scarritt it can be 



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truthfully said that the Washington National Bank is for- 
tunate in having such a clear and level-headed business 
man at the head of it. He conies from a fine New England 
stock. He has jjracticed as a lawyer with great success, 
and his knowledge of legal matters is of great value to him 
now in his everxday business. Since his residence in 
Tacoma he has become identified with some of the leading 
industries of the city. He is a man of quick and unerring 
judgment in business. Mr. C. S. Bridges was born at Mor- 
ton, Indiana, in 1862, but until coming to Tacoma spent 
most of his life in the city of Greencastle in the .same State. 
For many years he acted as assistant cashier in the Central 
National Bank. 

Of Mr. Ouimette but little can be said that is not 
already detailed in a special detail on his large interests 
in Tacoma, which will be found in this book. 

This bank transacts a general banking business, loans on 
collateral and personal security; discounts liberally for its 
customers, and accords to each and all as favorable terms as 
is consistant with judicious and conservative banking. The 
funds and securities of this bank are protected by the Cor- 
liss safe, the only one in Tacoma. 

The offices of the bank are at 13 14 Pacific avenue, a cut 
of which will be found on this page. 

T'he following is a statement of the bank's resources 
and liabilities Sei)t. 30, 1-889: 

RESOURCES. 

Loans f 172, 774 23 

Overdrafts 2,403 00 

U. S Bonds to .Secure Circulation 22,500 00 

Real Esate Furniture Fi.xtures 4,71801 

E.spenses 3091 94 

Premiums (JiSlS 75 

Redemption Fund 1,012 50 

Cash 44,115 55 

Total 1257,1339s 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital .Stock Taid in |loo,ooo 00 

Undivided Profits 4,-148 05 

National Bank Xotes Outstanding' 20,250 00 

Deposits 132,435 93 

Total $2i;7,i33 98 

P.ACIFIC N.\TION.-\L B.ANK. 

This institution has been established nearly four years in 
Tacoma, and is at present located in the Chamber of Com- 
merce Block, but the rapid growth of Tacoma, and conse- 
quently the increase of business with this bank, demand 
more commodious quarters, and it is the intention of the 
directors to build a large and handsome block on the south- 
west corner of Pacific avenue and 'I'hirteenth street. Work 
will be commenced on this structure in the near future, and 
when once started, will be pushed rapidly. The officers of 
the bank are as follows: President, C. P. Masterson; Vice- 
President, T. B. Wallace; Cashier, L. R. Manning; ,\ssist- 
ant Cashier, S. B. Dusenberry, while the directors are C. 
P. Masterson, W. D. Tyler, J. P. Stewart. L. R. Manning 
and T. B. Wallace. 



The bank is not only known as one of the largest and 
strongest of Tacoma, but for the liberality extended to its 
customers. The officers are men of hi.gh social standing 
and strict integrity. 

The paid up capital of this bank is $100,000 with a sur- 
plus of $35,000. A general banking business is transacted. 

The following is a late statement of its financial condition: 

RESOURCES. 

Loans and Discounts $493.5f'7 87 

Oveidrafts 4,007 78 

U. S. Bonds 25, coo 00 

Other Stocks and Bonds 26,476 34 

Cash on Hand 104,859 22 

Due from Banks 192,621 15 

Real Estate and fixtures 19,370 17 

Current Expenses and Taxes 4.554 38 

Premiums 1,875 00 

Due from U. S. Treasurer 1,125 00 



$873 456 91 
LI.i^BILITIES. 

Capital Paid in $100,000 Co 

Surplus 35.00000 

Undivided Profits 13,844 26 

Circulation 22,500 00 

Deposits 702, 112 65 



73,456 91 



THE TACOMA TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK. 

This institution may be termed one of the most profitable 
businesses in the State of Washington. 

In 1887, when about a dozen of the most influential busi- 
ness men of Tacoma decided to incorporate a savings bank 
for the handling of trust funds, even the most sanguine 
.scarcely thought that it would be such a successful business 
venture, or such a great boon to the public, especially that 
class who desire to place their hard earnings in safe keep- 
ing and receive a liberal interest on their deposits, but such 
it has turned out to be. 

This bank is authorized to receive, liold, and disburse 
money securities in trust, and act as financial agents for in- 
dividuals, corporations, or estates, besides negotiating the 
sale of mortgages. 

Under the able management of Mr. W. B. Allen, the sec- 
retary and cashier, who was also one of the incorporators, 
all communications of a business nature will at once receive 
prompt care and attention. 

The following gentlemen are the incorporators of the 
bank: W. J. Thompson, president; Nelson Bennett, vice- 
president; W. B. Allen, secretary and treasurer; Jesse M. 
.\llen. Rev. W. H. Sampson, M. J. Cogswell, M. F. Hatch, 
K. C. Smith, Ceo. F. Orchard and C. S. Barlow. 

The offices of the bank are on the corner of Pacific ave- 
nue and Eleventh street, but the present quarters are to be 
torn down, and the Safe Deposit block, a structure loo.x 
120 feet, and six stories high, will be erected on the site. 
The tru.st and savings bank will have handsome offices in 
this building when it is completed. 

This is the block which we have displayetl in our pages, 
and which is being built in connection with the Merchants' 
National Bank. 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



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THE CITIZENS NATIONAL RANK, 

on Pacific avenue, near Fifteentli street, is doing busi- 
ness under the National Hanking- Law, and althougli the 
enterprise is oi comparatively recent establishment, it is 
already upon a substantial basis, and doing a large and 
flourishing business. Among its officers are Mr. O. B. 
Hayden, well known in real estate circles, who is president. 
He has his pleasant real estate offices on the floor above the 
bank, and is well known as a man whose conservative judg- 
ment and sterling business integrity make a very safe guide 
to intending investors in property in the vicinity of the City 
of Destiny. The other officers of the bank are H. S. Hu- 
son, vice-president, who was for several years Assistant 
Engineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Mr. L. J. Pen- 
tecost, the cashier, was formerly 
the cashier of the (iuthrie County 
National Bank of Panora, Iowa, 
for fifteen years. Mr. Haydt-n is 
also from Panora, and it was there 
that the friendship was formed 
which led to their present partner- 
ship. The statement [uiblished be- 
low represents the business done 
\.\\) 1(1 the close of Sept. 30, 1889. 



RES0URC2S. 



$S5vS7i-.?7 



Luans and Discounts. . . , 

Overdrafts 7.5. 

U. S. Bonds 25,000. 

Otlier Stocks and Bonds (i,o6S. 

Banking House .Vv^oo 

Furniture and Fixtures .?,7'9- 

Current E.xpenses and Ta.\es 1,62!;. 

Premium on Bonds 7i'5'5' 

Eastern Exchange $57, ' 27 '»7 

Cash ^l,.liz.,5o 

Redemption Fund 1,125.00 

100,0^)4. 



Total. 



LIABILITIES. 



$2<.4, 579.62 



Capital Paid in $So,noo.oo 

; Undivided Profits 2,^49.45 

Circulation 22,500.00 

Deposits 15.9730- '7 




Total $2*14.57962 

Attest : ■ = 

O. B Havden, I 
H S. HusoN, I Direct.irs. 
Thos. Cakroi l, ) 



CITIZENS BA.NK BUILDING 



L. J. PENTECOST, 

Cashier. 



i ^d day of (October. i'>So. 

FRED F. I.ACI'.V, 



Sworn to before me this 

Notary Public. 

OTHER BANKINO HOUSES. 

The Tacoma National Bank, located on Pacific ave- 
nue and Tenth street, has a capital stock of $100,000 and a 
surplus of $100,000. The officers are: \V. B. Blackwell, 
president; Edmund Rice, vice-president: W. Eraser, cashier, 
and H. O. Fishback, assistant cashier. The directors are 
Robert Wingate, Edmund Rice, Jr., I. W. .\nder.son, \V. B. 
Blackwell, and Geo. E. Atkinson. .-\ general banking busi- 
ness is transacted. 

The Oakland Land, Loan and Trust Co.mpanv is 
situated at 111 South Tenth street. Their capital stock is 



$300,000, paid in capital $256,400, and surplus $11,197. 
Mr. Harry I\L Ball is the president; S. M. Clark, vice- 
president and treasurer, and Merton H. Corey is assistant 
treasurer. The bank does a large general trust and in- 
vestment business. 

The T.\co.\ia Buildini; and Savinos ,\ssociation 
Savings Bank. This concern has its present office on 
the corner of Eleventh and C streets, and is transacting a 
general banking business. Its paid up capital is $100,000, 
and E. H. Hatfield is the president. The other trustees are 
\V. H. Woodruff, vice-president; Linus E. Post, secretary 
and cashier; Thos. L. Nixon, treasurer, and Theo. L. Stiles, 
Geo. P. Eaton, and C . P. Ferry. 

The National Bank of Commerce has a paid up capi- 
tal of $200,000, with a surplus and undivided profits of 
V>^-^^ $50,000. The officers are F. M. Wade, president; 
J. C. Weatherred, vice-president, and .\. F. 
McLane, cashier. The offices are 
at 930 Pacific avenue, where a 
general banking business is trans- 
acted. 

The Security Bank is a pri- 
vate corporation, and only just 
started. Its business is rapidly 
growing, and under the able direc- 
tion of A. J. Hayward, president, 
its success is assured. 'l"he other 
officers are: W. H. Bradley, vice- 
president; R. H. Passmore, cash- 
ier, and A. F. Eastman, assistant 
cashier. The capital stock of the 
bank is $100,000. 

The Traders' Bank, with a 
capital of $100,000, is located in 
the Fife Block, cor. Pacific avenue 
and Ninth street. 

The West Coast Bank, locat- 
ed temporarily in the new Bost- 
wick Block, is newly organized. 
Its capital stock is $100,000, and 
the bank is doing a good business- 
Much more could be written of the banking institutions 
and general banking of Tacoma, but our limited space will 
not permit of it; in different parts of our work we have re- 
ferred to the existing conditions which influence banking 
here and have shown how these favorable conditions, with 
proper energy on the part of the citizens and bankers of 
Tacoma, may make the city the great financial and exchange 
center on the Pacific coast. 

Bv a proper husbanding of these great resources it is firm- 
ly believed our predictions will be fulfilled. If in the short 
space of five years from this time the "City of Destiny " 
has not fulfilled these expectations, it will certainly be 
because the city has been engulfed by some of nature's 
freaks, or that the citizens have not shown the proper 
energy to improve her chances. 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 




IIt is now nearly a century since Washington, 
in liis farewell address to the people of 
the United States, said : " Promote, then, 
as an object of primary importance, insti- 
tutions for the general diffusion of know- 
ledge. In proportion as the structure of a 
government gives force to public opinion, it is essential 
that public opinion should be enlightened." 

Tne commonwealth now assuming statehood and destined 
forever to bear the proud name of Washington, has, with 
great cordiality and promptness, adopted this lofty senti- 
ment, embodying the same in a well-sustained public school 
system. 

Tacoma in its wonderful development materially has not 
forgotten the wise counsel of the father of his country. 
The public school system is firmly established in the 
affections of the people, the work and discipline of the 
schools are well supported, while a 
liberal policy marks the treatment 
the schools receive from those who 
pay the taxes. The system is thor- 
oughly established and wisely ad- 
ministered by an active Board of 
Education, and a carefully selected 
corps of teachers. During the school 
year of 1887-88 there were enrolled 
in the city schools 1,401 different 
pupils. The entire enrollment for 
the school year of 1888-89 was 2,294, 
an increase of over 63 per cent. 

The school census taken June, 
1888, showed 2,139 school youth (five 
to twenty-one years of age) in the 
district. It will be seen that the school 
enrollment exceeded the census enum- 
eration, an evidence of remark- 
able growth, corroborated by the 
census of June, 1889, which gives 
the city a school population of 3,281, 
or a gain in one year of 1,142 school 
youth. At this writing there are 
now enrolled in the schools 2,000 
pupils who are carefully instructed by forty-five teachers. 
The board of directors consists of three members, each 
elected by the people for a term of three years, one new 
member coming upon the board annually. The present 
board is composed of S. T. Armstrong, president, Henry 
Drum and J. A, Wintermute. The system comprises five 
school wards or districts, known as the Central, the Lincoln, 
the Hawt-liorne, the Longfellow and the Emerson Schools- 
These buildings are attractive in external appearance, the 
rooms, without exception, being commodious, pleasant and 
well furnished. 

The Emerson, when occupied in January, will afford 
suitable accommodations for the High School and highest 
grammar schools ; it will also contain the offices of the board 
and superintendent, and several rooms for the primary grades 
of the immediate locality. 



PROFESSOR 
SuperiiUendent 



The corps is made up of teachers who have been con- 
nected with the best systems throughout the country, and is 
essentially cosmopolitan. The management aims to en- 
courage the individuality of teachers, holding each respon- 
sible for results without limiting or thwarting the activities 
by narrow rules and details of supervision. In the course 
of instruction the aim everywhere is thoroughness. There 
is to be no hurry, cramming or confusion ; there is to be 
time enough to do everything well. Hence it has been 
necessary to lighten the grade work and reduce the number 
of subjects allotted to the various years of school life. But 
the grade of the school is to be just as high as in those 
schools where the work is done with more pressure and 
worry. Non-essentials are to be excluded, and essentials 
magnified. It is believed that pupils who are well ground- 
ed in the early part of the course will make more rapid 
and more certain progress in the upper grades. 

In harmony with this plan of work, 
reading, which is a fundamental 
branch, receives marked and enthusi- 
astic attention. Pupils read often, 
and a great deal each day. To this 
end carefully selected sets of supple- 
mentary readers are provided for the 
different grades. These e.xtra read- 
ing books are historical, biographical, 
narrative, or scientific, being well 
calculated to draw out the tastes of 
chikb'en toward those useful lines of 
reading. This is an excellent founda- 
tion for subsequent school work and 
for after life. " While pupils learn 
to read they should also read to 
learn," is the motto in this school. 
Recently the Hon. Walter J. 
Thompson, of Tacoma, offered the 
board the munificent sum of $10,000 
for the founding of a manual train- 
ing department in connection with 
the city .schools, the money to be 
F. B. GAULT, devoted to equipment, the board to 

oj 'Public Sciioois. furnish the room and instruction. 

An additional |;io,ooo was also placed in trust by .Mr. 
Thompson to aid in the further extension of the enterprise, 
which sum is conditioned upon the faithful application of 
the first ten thousand dollars and the success attained by 
the manual training school. This makes available twenty 
thousand dollars, an amount sufficient to guarantee the 
complete success of the department. The department will be 
opened as soon as the Emerson building is finished. 
Half of this sum is to be applied to a boys' school, and the 
other half to a girls' school for domestic economy. 
Doubtless the same motive of generosity and public spirit 
that prompted Mr. Thompson to make this gift will 
actuate others to assist in this beneficent enterprise, and in 
time the Tacoma Manual Training School will develop into 
a broad course of study and wide range of technical instruc- 
tion, with laboratories, workshops, draughting rooms, etc. 





CENTRAL SCHOOL. 
ANNIE WRIGHT SEMINARY. 



EMERSON SCHOOL. 



PUOET SOUND UNIVERSITY. 
HAWTHORNE SCHOOL. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



THE CHURCHES. 




HE class of people that settled Tacoma, 
and has continued to pour in during these 
years of great growth, has made churches 
and Sunday schools strong and prosperous. 
The first church to enter the field and 
make good her pioneer record was the 
Methodist Episcopal. The First Church was organ- 
ized December ii, 1875. The first sermon preached by a 
Methodist preacher on this town site was delivered in a 
tent where the first Congregational Church now stands. 
The church on the corner of C and Seventh was built in 
1878 under the leadership of Rev. Martin Judy. The old 
parsonage was built by Rev. J. F. DeVore in 1882. The 
church was greatly enlarged in June, 1889, during the pas- 
torate of Rev. Geo. C. \Vilding. In the spring of this 
same year, the new parsonage, corner of C and Eighth 
streets, was built and furnished at a cost of about $4,500 ; 
and the Epworth Church in Coulter's Addition was erected 
by the Young People's Methodist Alliance of the First 
Church at a cost of $3,000. The following pastors have 
served this church, viz : Rev. C. H. Ho.xie, two years ; 
Rev. Martin Judy, two years ; Rev. John Parsons, one year; 
Rev. E. Dudley and Rev. Spaulding together, one year; 
Rev. J. Miller, one year; Rev. J. F. De Vore, three years; 
Rev. J. A. Ward, one year; Rev. T. J. Massey, two years; 
Rev. D. Ci. Le Lourd, one year, and Rev. Geo. C. Wilding, 
the present pastor, took charge of the church in September, 
1888. Present membership, about 450. 

THE OLD TACOM-i^ CHURCH 

Was organized by Rev. J. F. DeVore, October 30, 1884. 
The present church was built in 1885. The following pas- 
tors have served this church: Rev. J. F. De'Vore, two years; 
Rev. G. A. Landen, two years. Rev. R. H. Massey, the 
present pastor, took charge of the church September, 18S8. 

A mission Sunday school was started in 1S82. which grew 
into the present Central M. E. Church. The church was 
built by Rev. J. F. DeVore in 1884, and greatly enlarged by 
Rev. W. B. McMillin in 1889. The society was organized 
ill 1887, and the first pastor was Rev. G. \. Landen, who 
was followed in 18S8 by Rev. W. B. McMillin, the present 
pastor. The present membership is about 150. 

A small society has been formed at Fern Hill, and in 
June, 1889, Rev. Geo. C. Wilding dedicated a handsome 
little church that cost about $3,000. 

Lots have been secured in East 'I'acoma. and a church 
will be commenced in a few weeks. Rev. B. F. Brooks is 
the pastor. 

THE GERMAN .M. K. CHl'KLlI 

Was organized in April, 1883. A church and parsnnagc 
was built on D and Thirteenth streets and the property 
was sold and buildings erected on I and Twenty-eighth 
streets. The present membership is about 50. The fol- 
lowing pastors have served the church : Rev. Fr. Bonn; 
Rev. Mr. Sinclair; Rev. J. Braner; Rev. Mr. Hansen, the 
present pastor, was appointed in the autumn of 1887. 



Rev. C. J. Larsen was appointed to work among the 
Scandinavian people of Tacoma in 1884, and he organized 
a Methodist church soon after his arrival. In 1885 they 
built the church on Tacoma avenue near Si.\teenth street. 
Thev have a membership of about So. Rev. C. N. Hauge, 
the present pastor, took charge in September, 1887. 

THK .\ll-yrH()l)lST UNIVERSITY, 

On Twenty-first and I streets, to cost $65,000, is completed 

to the top of the first story, and will be completed in six 

months. 

THi'. FiRsr com;i<eg.\tion.\i. church 

Has been organized quite a number of years, and is become 
quite strong and prosperous. They are now enlarging 
their house of worship on St. Helen's avenue, and when 
completed it will be one of the best church buildings in 
the city. They also have a church in East Tacoma, and 
will soon have one in North Tacoma. Rev. M. S. Hartwell 
has been pastor of the church for about one year. Rev. 
Thomas Sims is jiastor of the churches in East Tacoma 
and North Tacoma. 

THE FIRSr IlAl'TISr CHURCH 

Was organized, corner of Ninth and D streets, March 28, 
1883. Its first pastor was Rev. J. Beaven, who served the 
church one year ; his successor was Rev. B. S. MacLaf- 
ferty, who remained nearly four years. He was followed by 
Rev. A. B. Banks, the present pastor, on May i, 1888. The 
church edifice was built in 1S84, and dedicated on March 
16. This church has been very prosperous, and has now a 
membership of 225. A mission church has been started in 
the East .\ddition and lots secured for future churches at 
Fetn Hill and junett's Addition. The church has been 
recently enlarged, and is now quite an attractive room. 
Rev. G. B. Douglass is in charge of a Second Bap- 
tist Church, which has purchased the old Presbyterian 
church building and located at the corner of Tenth and K 
streets. 

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

Was instituted the first Saijbath in February, 18S4. The 
church building is located on the corner of E and Thir- 
teenth streets. It has had a season of prosperity, and now 
has an enrolled membership of 200. A peculiar feature of 
this society is that it is now entirely out of debt. The pas- 
tors have been Revs. Bruce Wolverton, Andrew Sweeney, 
H. K. Sicafoose and the present pastor. Rev. M. V. Redlien. 
On August 30, 1885, the First Unitarian Church was or- 
ganized, with Rev. (leo. H. Greer, pastor. In January, 18S8, 
the church edifice on Tacoma avenue and Third street was 
dedicated. In December, 1888, Rev. W. E Copeland took 
the pastorate. There are now abciut 100 names on the 
church roll, and the Sunday school numbers about 75. .\ 
fine new parsonage has recently been built. 

ST. leg's CAI'HULIC CHURCH, 

Corner of D and Eleventh streets, was erected in 1883. 
Rev. P. F. Hylebos is rector. The congregation is large, 
and there is every indication of thrift and growth. 




FIRST M. E. CHURCH. 
THE OLD TOWN CHURCH. 



ST. LUKE S EPISCOPAL. 



LUTHERAN CHURCH. 
PARSONAGE OF THE FIRST M. E. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



THE LUTHERAN CHURCH 

Is making great progress in this city, and has quite a num- 
ber of societies. 

The First Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, of 
which the Rev. Ingebrigt ToUefsen is pastor, though re- 
cently established, is moving forward encouragingly and is 
doing a good work. This church is located on I street, be- 
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. 

THE GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, 

Located at 1307 I street, is one of the old and strong eccle- 
siastical organizations in the city. Rev. F. N. Wolf is the 
untiring pastor of this church. Not content with the large 
field he cultivates in the body of the city, he has recently 
built a mission church in East Tacoma. 

Rev. G. A. Anderson is the pastor of the Swedish Evan- 
gelical Lutheran Church. The congregation was organized 
in July, 18S2, by Rev. Carlson. In the summer of 1S83 
the first church was built on Tacoma Avenue. In the 
spring of 1S84 the present and first pastor took charge 
of the church. The old church was sold, and their present 
commodious edifice erected in the spring of 1889, at a cost 
of $15,000. The membership is 150. 

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Is one of the strong and influential churches of the city. 
Several years ago the society was organized, and a neat 
church building erected on the corner of C and Eleventh 
streets. In the spring of 1889 the old church and site 
were sold for $50,000; lots were purchased on the corner 
of G and Tenth, and immediately was begun the erection of 
a handsome church to cost some $40,000. In the meantime 
the congregation worshiped in a tabernacle on the corner of 
G and Eleventh. The membership of the church is almost 
300. Rev. ^\'. A. Mackey is and has been the pastor for a 
number of years. 

THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Was organized in January, 1888. Rev. Thomas MacGuire 
took charge of the congregation in December, 18S8. A 
corner has been secured at North J and Ninth, anil a church 
will soon be built. 

THE THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

Was instituted Jan. 28, 1889. A neat church was soon built 
on the corner of .\ and Thirtieth streets. The pastor is 
Rev. J. Osmond. 

THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. 

Among the churches that very early began their work in 
this city, is to be placed the Protestant Episcopal. It has 
become a strong, influential, and wealthy organization. 
Through the generous beneficence of Mr. C. R. Wright of 
Philadelphia, the St. Luke's Memorial Church, corner of 
Si.xth and C streets, was built at a cost of some $30,000. 
Rev. Lemuel H. Wells is the rector. In Old Tacoma is 
St. Peter's Church, with the " oldest church tower in the 
Uiiited States," being simply a great cedar tree beheaded. 
The Church of the Holy Communion is on E street near 
Seventeenth, Rev. R. S. Carlin, Rector. Right Rev. John 



A. Paddock, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of Washington, 
resides in Tacoma. Under the direction of this branch of 
the church is the Annie Wright Seminary for girls, and 
the Washington College for boys. They are doing a good 
work in the Fannie Paddock Hospital, the fine new build- 
ing being almost ready for occupancy, ^\'e learn that a 
handsome church is to be erected near the hospital. 

THE SCANDINAVIAN FREE EVANGELICAL CHURCH 

Is located at the corner of G and Thirteenth streets, and 
Rev. C, O. Torgerson is the pastor. 

THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS 

Have a church at the corner of K and Sixteenth streets, 
with a small organization. 

THE NEW JERUSALE.M CHURCH 

Holds occasional services, but has not as vet effected an 

Geo. C. Wilding. 



organization. 



TACOMA SOCIALLY. 



No Eastern city of Tacoma's size can boast a better class 
of citizens than those who form the body of this community. 
Indeed, it is almost wholly made up of young men and 
women who left the East to link their fortunes with this 
city, knowing its destiny; many of them with large means, 
and all of them with strong and well-defined purposes in 
life, and ambition to rise and prosper. It is the class of men 
with their wives, mothers, daughters and sisters, who, ac- 
customed to the refinements, pleasures and lu.xuries of the 
East, with broad ideas and busy hands and brains have 
undertaken to build a city on Commencement Ba_\- that sh:dl 
copy only the best features of the cities they have left 
behind, and avoid a repetition of their mistakes. Benevo- 
lent, beneficial, church, Masonic, fraternal, literary, amateur 
theatrical, musical, bicycle, riding, and other social clubs 
are numerous. Perhaps the most notable of these is the 
Union Club, an organization formed of a number of the 
foremost young men in the city. The club is now building 
a handsome clubhouse to cost $r5,ooo. 'I'he members are 
young men of means, and propose to perfect an organiza- 
tion and equip their resort in a fitting manner. 



THEATERS OF TACOMA. 



A beautiful structure, the New Tacoma Theater, which 
will be found in our pages, has just been completed, and 
will furnish the finest attractions. Mr. John W. Hanna, a 
gentleman of large experience is manager, and Mr. Thomas 
G. Moses scenic artist. 

Germania Hall is a handsome building and fine play- 
house under the management of Mr. J. Howe, and presents 
fine attractions. 

Mr. J. M. Junnetl, who has managed the .\lpha Opera 
House and given pleasure to thousands, intends building a 
fine new theater in the near future, and intends to make it 
one which will rival in point of beauty and magnificence 
the new Tacoma theater 




THE WILSON BLOCK. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



MINERAL WEALTH. 

How IT IS Triuutarv TCI Tacdma — Iron, Coal, Clav, 

Gold, Silver, Leah, Copper, Rocks and 

other .Minerals. 




HE facts regarding these enormous and 
valuable interests have been furnished us 
bv Dr. Willis E. Everette, an eminent 
mining expert and geologist of Tacoma, 
who has made the mineral deposits of 
Washington, Idaho, British t'olumbia and 
Alaska a study for many years past. He gives true and 
unvarnished facts, and comprehensively shows the almost 
unlimited wealth that this new State po.sse.sses. A sketch 
of Dr. Everette's business will be found in our columns. 

" iron." 

Near the eastern border of King county are two immense 
veins of iron ore, locally known as the (niy mines, and 
which are composed of varieties of " hematite " — both of 
the specular and Bog Ore varieties — and a high grade of 
" magnetite " ore. This iron ore has given, upon i)ersonal an- 
alysis, over 69 per cent, of metallic iron. The veins are very 
long and will average over 500 feet in thickness, and in one 
place over i,Soo feet thick. Nearly two miles northwest from 
these Ciuy veins are the Dennv iron properties which con- 
tain the same class of ore. They are practically ine.xhaust- 
il)le, and are of great value by reason of the large quantities 
of marble in variegated colors which have been found near 
by these Denny iron veins. This marble will furnish all 
the lime that is necessary to flu.x these iron or^^s for reduc- 
tion into pig inin, and being found directly on the ground, 
or almost so, increases the value of these iron ore veins very 
much. 

The Skagit River country, and in fact, the entire Puget 
Sound basin, contain iron ores, and their corresponding 
flu.Kes, of such value and of such great magnitude, and so 
easily accessible, that there should be no hesitancy in saying 
the cities of Pii;^ct Sound can l>e ludlt up l/y their iron inJus- 
trics dloue (as was the case with Birmingham, .Mabama. and 
other towns), by reason of the enormous extent of our 
Puget Sound iron ores and their great suitability for the 
making of Bessemer steel rails. Furthermore, it is an 
acknowledged fact among Eastern iron men that the iron 
ores of the Puget Sound basin produce the best iron found 
in America, and, in order to show the appreciation of this 
fact, a two million dollar steel plant is about to be erected 
on Puget Sound to reduce these ores and prepare them for 
the market I'n the shape of Bessemer steel rails and other 
manufactures of steel. The value of the proximity and 
easy transportation of iron to Tacoma in building up her 
manufacturing industries, can hardiv be realized. 



Within seven hours' ride from Tacoma there are immense 
beds of clay of every description, /. e.. kaolin or porcelain 
clay, pipe clay, yellow brick clay, lire clay, fat clay, sand 



clay, slip glaze clay, red and brown brick and tile clay, and 
finally beds of infusorial silica and sharp sands in inex- 
haustible quantities, easily accessible, and of very high 
grade. 

The im|3ortance of these " clays " lies in the fact that 
they are close to the waters of Puget Sound and near both 
rail and inland river transportation, are in large quantities, 
and of sufficient variety to warrant the erection of pottery 
works which could produce porcelain and chinaware, fire 
brick, pressed brick, drain pipe, common brick and tiles, etc., 
in quantity sufficient to supply the entire home market, and 
also considerable outside demand. 

The writer recently returned from a personal examina- 
tion of these clay stratums and has brought back with him 
102 varieties of clay of every technical kind, description and 
color ; these different varieties give very interesting infor- 
mation relative to the "Keramic" industries and possibili- 
ties of our Puget Sound basin. These clays are now being 
subjected to a thorough practical test, and it may already 
be said that some kaolin clays have been secured which will 
make beautiful porcelain ware, fire clays which have stood 
over .5,300 degrees Fahrenheit, and tile and brick clay which 
will make a beautiful yellow red tile or a bright red pressed 
brick. 

These heats can be relied upon, as only the best imported 
'■ Pyrometers" were used, and which came from the Prus- 
sian Government Factory of the Royal Berlin Porcelain 
Works at Cliarl')ttenburg, near Berlin, Prussia. 

" COAL." 

.\lthough the coal measures of the Puget Sound basin 
are principally of the tertiary formation, still, occasionall)', 
we find that the metamorphose of a lignite vein into a 
bituminous vein has been almost complete enough to change 
the lignite into a high grade bituminous, and also with evi- 
dences of semi-anthracite. This inetamorphism has evi- 
dently been causetl by recent (geologically speaking) local 
changes, which have been produced by the enormous pres- 
sure and the resulting heat of that pressure from the erup- 
tive strata which were thrown out of the earth by vol- 
canic and seismic energy, po.ssibly not later than the upper 
Post- Pliocene period. But whatever period our coals belong 
to, we have unmistakably immense and inexhaustible quan- 
tities of the very best grades of " lignite," both of the tluU 
brown, and the glossy black, crystallized or anthracitized 
varieties, furnishing a superior household fuel. Of the 
"bituminous coals" we have many large and important 
veins that are at present being worked to supply the local 
demand for steam power, and also export purposes. Of 
•■ coke " we produce a local variety, equal to the very best 
of Connellsville, Pa., and only second in its heating qualities 
to that of Cardiff, Wales. 

The analysis says : 

Pierce County Coke, fixed carbon 60.67 

Connellsville Coke, fixed carbon 60.02 

This fact is of immense importance to the owners of the 
large smelter being built here, as it gives them a cheap and 



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Only wliere the plutonic: 
and volcanic forces have twist 
ed or buckieil a series of rock ~^i 
stratums at right angles — or almost so — 
with one another, has the metamorphose (caused 
by the tremendous pressure of the strata and the 
resulting heat of that pressure) been sufficient to change 
the cretacious and tertiary lignite into veins of bituminous 
coals, and thence into a true "anthracite. " Therefore, as 
yet, we have not been able to find any appreciable quantity 
of anthracite coal, although semi-anthracite, with impure 
cannel coals, and a glossy black — anthra(Mti/.ed — hard crys- 
tallized lignite with a conchoidal fracture, is found in this 
Puget Sound basin in large quantities. Recently, however, 
reports have come in relative to the finding of large beds of 
true anthracite coal on the head waters of one of the rivers 
in the Cascade range. 

To show our steadily increasing coal mining industry, 
enough to say that the Puget Sound basin in the 3-ear of 
1888, besides supplying the greatly increased home demand 
for coke and coal, actually shipped to San Francisco and 
other places, over 557,000 tons of coal; being an increase 
of over 37,000 tons from the preceding year of 1S87. In 
fact, the total official yieUl of our coal mines for 188S was 
1,046,243 tons, of which a little over 557,000 tons were 
exported to other cities; and, finally, as there are several 
new mines being opened, and many of the old mines them- 
selves being supplied with new and inqiroved mining ma- 
chinery, it is safe to presume that the output of coal for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, will double the above 
named amounts. 

The most improved coal bunkers have been built in Ta- 
coma receiving their supplies ilirect from the railroad and 
discharging by the most labor-saving methods into the 
vessels constantly awaiting cargoes. The facilities used can 
be seen by the accompanying view of the bunkers. 



Of rocks we have large deposits of granites, sandstones, 
syenites, porphyrys, and many varieties of the trap rocks, 
with immen.se cliffs and mountain sides of variegated lime- 
stone and marble of all colors, and nearly all close to water 
or rail transportation. 

The sandstones of P)Cllingham Bay, the limestones and 
marbles of the Cascade Mountains and the Columbia River, 
and the granites of Snake River and elsewhere, are too well 
known to need any description. Suffice it to say, that we 
have building material of the very best description almost at 
our verv <loors, and sufficient to supply all possible demand. 



()ur best ores of gold are found in the C^ceur d'.Meneand 

Okanogan tlistricts, ilie first in North Idado and the latter in 

North Central Washington. The north fork of the dtur 

d'.Vlene River has given thousands of dollars in rich quartz 

and placer gold, and the gold ores of Wanicutt Lake, 

Palmer Mountain, anil Similikameen and Siuilikaheekan 

Rivers of the Okanogan district, are very promising, and by 

deeper development and economical, scientific working, will 

prove to be very rich. The Peshastin district is also again 

attracting attention. 

•• sil.vi:k." 

The silver ores that will come to the smelter at Tacoma, 
will come from the ores of th; south fork of the Coeur 
d'Alene River from the mining camps of Mullan, Burke, 
Wallace and Wardner. The enormous extent of these veins 



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being so well known, it is not necessary to go into detail 
with regard to the actual amount of ore turned out from 
them, as space forbids a proper enumeration of it. 

In the Okanogan district of North Central Washington 
the several mining districts of the " Lime Belt," South Fork, 
Ruby, ("onconully. Mineral Hill and Arlington or Loop 
Loop, will he able to furnish many tons of average, fair, 
good, and high grade silver ores to the great Ryan smelter 
which fires u|^ next month here in our city. 

Already a very large " Russell Leaching Process " mining 
plant is being erected on the Arlington mine in the Oka- 
nogan country, and this plant will also demonstrate the 
value of the Okanogan district as a mining country and a 
mineral i^roducer. 

The west side of the Cascade Mountains is now attracting 
the attention of miners, as lately very rich silver ore has been 
found in I he foothills of the western slope between here 
and the " divide." 

" LF,.\n." 

The Coeur d'Alene mining districts, especially the camps 
and concentrators of the south fork of the Coeur d'Alene 
River, will furnish the principal supply of lead ores to our 
smelter. The writer has personally assayed ores from this 
section that have given him over 70 oer cent. lead and over 
100 ounces of silver per ton. The supply is simply enorm- 
ous, and too well known to go into detail. The camps of 
the Okanogan district will also furnish lead ore and it is 
fair to presume that the discoveries in the western slopes of 
the Cascade Mountains will also prove valuable, and send 
their quota of ore to our smelter for reduction. 

" (■QPPER." 

An antimonial galena — erroneously called a gray copper 
ore by the miners — containing some lead, antimony, zinc, 
silver, and copper, with silica, sulphur andiron, is found in 
large paying quantities in many of the mining districts of the 
Coeur d'Alene and Kootsnai, Okanogan and Cascade mining 
camps. Also a good quality of copper oxide and sulphide 
is found on the eastern slopes of the Cascade range, and also 
on the headwaters of the Yakima River. 'I'he writer re- 
cently received a consignment of copper ore — found on the 
western slope of our noble mountain peak — that was a com- 
bination of copper carbonate, bicarbonate, o.xide and sul- 
phide, with iron pyrites carrying gold — a most beautiful ore. 
Personal analysis gave over 33 per cent, of metallic 
copper. This, for surface croppings, is very r'ch. .Some 
ores will run over 65 per cent, of copper, and it is fair to 
presume that we can supply our smelter with all the copper 
ore it desires. 

"OTHF.k MIXER.-\LS." 

Our various mining camps in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, 
and British Columbia, that are tributary to Tacoma, or can 
be made such, have abundance of zinc antimony, arsenical 
pyrites, mercury, asbestos, and chromic iron ores, with a 
recently discovered vein of tin. There is also a large deposit 
of manganese in the shape of a ferro-mangan ore near the 
Puget Sound basin, which can be worked profitably. 



' ANTHRACITE. 

Judge E. F. Russell of 'I'acoma, has furnished us with 
further facts on the anthracite discoveries; he states that re- 
cent developments and investigations show that at a greater 
elevation on the western slope of the ("ascade Range, anil 
farther east than the present discoveries of the bituminous 
coals in a southeasterly direction from Tacoma, a number 
of veins of semi tolerable pure anthracite coal — con- 
taining a large percentage of fi.ved carbon, have been dis- 
covered. These veins are of good size. Some cf these 
are now being opened, and others prospected, while the 
railroad is being extended from South Prairie to the an- 
thracite fields, for shipping this coal to the Tacoma market. 

The want of roads through the heavy growth of timber 
upon the mountain sides has retarded exploration in that 
direction, and }et an occasional prospector through these 
great forests has often found the croppings of coal, cleaned 
away sufficient surface debris to satisfy himself of its exist- 
ence, carefully taken his bearings, that he may be able to 
find the same spot again when he wishes to return, snugly 
covered up his "find" and wended his way out through the 
tangled undergrowth, toward civilization in the valleys below. 

The following is an official statement of the output of 
coal for the past fiscal year ending Oct. 18, 1889: 

DISTRICT NO. I. 

Report of Coal Mine Inspector H. C. Paige, District 
No. i: 

Northwest Coal Company of liucod.i — Output, 20,600 tons; men em- 
ployed, 35. 

Carbon Hill Coal Company of Carbonado — Output, i()5,3S7 tons; 
number of men employed, 350. 

South Prairie Coal Company of Burnett — Output, 45,107 tons; men 
employed, 40. 

Wilkeson Coal and Coke Company of Wilkeson — Output. (1.738 tons; 
men employed, 13. 

Tacoma Coal and Coke Company of Wilkeson — Output, S,o!Si tons; 
men employed, 40. 

Total output for the year, 281,913 tons. 

One fatal accident. Mines in good repair. 

DISTUICT NO. 2. 

Report of John Sullivan, Coal Mine Lispector for District 
No. 2: 

Newcastle Mine — Total output for year, 76,102 tons. .Mine in poor 
condition. One accident during the year; not fatal. Number of men 
employed, 226. 

Franklin Mine — Good condition. Total output for the year, 136,044 
tons. The monthly pay roll for this mine averages ,$17,000. Number 
of men employed, 3S1. No accident during the year. 

Black Diamond .Mines —These mines are superior to any other mines 
in the district. Total output for the year, 105,255 tons. Number of 
men employed, 285. One fatal accident during the year. 

Cedar Mountain Mine — Partly abandoned. Total output for the 
year, 23,120 tons. Number of men employed, lO. One fatal accident. 

Oilman Mines — Condition good. Total output for the year, 41,482 
tons. Number of men employed. 225. One accident during the year. 

Roslyn Mines — These are the only mines in operation east of the Cas- 
cades. Condition good; ventilation fair. Total output for the year, 
230,548 tons. Number of men employed, 850. Two fatal accidents 
during the year, and five accidents serious, but not fatal. 

Durham Mine — The mine is now abandoned. Total output for the 
year 636,430 tons. Number of men employed, 6S. No accidents dur- 
ing the vear. 




GEN. J, \V. SPRAGUE. 
COL. J. n. SMITH. 



GEO. \V. TRAVER, 



F. T. OI.DS. 
THEO. HOSMER. 



RESIDENCES OF TACOMA. 



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TACOMA AS A LUMBER CENTER. 




:)\\'HERE in the world are there such mag- 
nificent forests as in Western Washington, 
forests of such vast extent and covered with 
such enormous trees, that the eastern lum- 
berman can scarcely credit the truth con- 
cerning them. The value of this timber 
is just making itself known in the East. It has been shipped 
to California points and to foreign countries for years, 
and Douglass fir is as well known and more eagerly sought 
for in some parts of the world than the white pine of the 
East, on account of its greater strength and tenacity. 

Vessels have been loaded at the mills on the Sound with 
this lumber for twenty years and more, but it was not until 
1S73 that any lumber was .sawed in Tacoma. Then the mill 
of Hanson & Co. was built in the first ward of the present 
city. The second mill was not built until more than ten 
years later, when Mr. M. F. Hatch erected one on the railway 
wharf, and afterward another in the woods back of the 
little village. 

Now there are nearly a score of sawmills proper, beside 
planing mills, sash and door factories and other wood work- 
hig establishments, and several of them are of large capac- 
ity, especially the Pacific, St. Paul &: Tacoma, the Gig 
Harbor, Tacoma Lumber & Manufacturing Co., and Mt. 
Tacoma Manufacturing Co.'s mills. The total cut of the 
Tacoma mills every day is 1,100,000 to 1,500,000 feet in ten 
hours. During the year ending June 30, 1889, the output 
of the mills in the city was about 210,000,000 feet, and the 
estimated cut for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889, is about 
260,000,000 feet. Most of this is Douglass fir, with some 
cedar and a little spruce. More than one-half of this enor- 
mous product was consumed in the city itself, and the 
remainder was shipped to various parts of the world, includ- 
ing Cireat Britain, Australia, China, Japan, Peru, Chili, the 
Argentine Republic and Southern California, b\' water, and 
there have been an average of over a dozen large ocean 
vessels loading lumber at Tacoma every working day of 
last year. Some of these vessels have for a long time been 
engaged regularly in the business, and one of them, the 
Dashing \\'ave, owned by the Tacoma Mill Co., has made as 
many as ten rountl trips between Tacoma and San Francisco 
in a single year. 

Beside the shipments by water, there was also a consid- 
erable quantity of lumber sent by rail to points along the 
line of the Northern Pacific Railway as far east as St. l^aul, 
and even to Chicago, while considerable quantities have 
been sent to St. Louis. Much of the lumber sent by rail 
was either bridge timber or car and tank material. The 
Douglass fir is without a rival for these purposes. Its great 
strength and enormous size make it the very best timlier in 
the world for Howe truss bridges, and the fact that such 
extraordinary length of alisolutely clear lumber can be 
cut here, makes it the finest and best material for railway 
cars and tanks. 

The value of the sawmills to Tacoma can hardlv be over- 
estimated. These mills employ over a thousand men every 



day, at an average of $2.50 each, which makes the total 
amount paid out in wages during the year over $750,000 by 
the sawmills alone. But beside the sawmills there are many 
other wood-working establishments, such as planing mills, 
sash and door factories, furniture factories, and a new build- 
ing has been erected to manufacture balusters and other 
turned materials under the patents of the National Lathe 
and Tore company, which will revolutionize the wood turn- 
ing on the Pacific coast, and also will employ a small 
arn.y of men in Tacoma. The wood working establish- 
ments of Tacoma, outside of the sawmills, employ just 
about as many men as the sawmills themselves, and at a 
similar rate of wages, so that the lumber industry of Tacoma 
maybe said to be worth in wages to the city about a million 
and a half of dollars, and to employ about two thousand 
men, who reside there with their families. There is every 
probability that in a year from now Tacoma will cut more 
lumber and have more wood working establishments of 
various kinds than any other city in America. She now has 
more than any other city on the Pacific coast, and they are 
unrivaled in the general excellence of their design and 
fitting up, and in the quality of the material produced. 

(HE i;re.at timber belts of w.\shi.\gton. 

The heaviest growth of timber in the United States is in 
the western part of ^Vashington, and between the Cascade 
Mountains on the east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. 
While the hi;aviest in growth, this forest is far from the 
most varied m character. The causes which have led to 
its greatest density are to be found in the large amount of 
annual rainfall and the mildness of the climate. There are 
no heavy frosts or extremely cold weather to interfere with 
the growth of the trees, nor is the summer heat sufficient to 
deprive the ground of the necessary moisture. This growth 
varies from two, cords to 200 cords to the acre, with an 
average of over 100 cords. Following the foothills of the 
Cascade Mountains from the British Columbia line to the 
Columbia River, with a line drawn south from Semiahmoo 
Bay through Puget Sountl to the Columbia River as a 
western boundary, the reports show that the western part of 
\\'hatcom Countv, the most northerly in the State, has a 
forest growth C(jmputed at 200 cords of wood to the acre. 
Two hundred cords of wood would represent over 300,000 
feet, board measure, but this would include the limbs that 
cannot be utilized in making lumber, and large quantities 
of standing timber of varit)us kii.ds that cannot be called 
" merchantable timber " as the term would be used on the 
Pacific coast. Merchantable timber here means timber that 
is not more than sixty inches in diameter at the top of the 
butt log, nor less than sixteen inches at the top of the 
smallest log. Nothing outside of these diameters is ever 
scaled. It is therefore a reasonable estimate to call a cord 
of wood 500 feet of luinber, board measure, or about one- 
third of what it will actually show. 

This growth of over 200 cords to the acre, or sav 100,000 
feet, extends from the shores of the (ailf of Georgia east- 
ward to the foothills of Mount Baker. At the foothills the 
growth is less dense, and at the foot of the mountain is only 



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from 50 to 100 cords to the acre, and this decreases again 
on the other side till the Cascade Range is met, and between 
Mount Baker and the Cascade Mountains there will be only 
from twenty-five to thirty cortls to the acre, or followin;^- 
the estimate given above, only from 12,000 to 15,000 feet. 

Skagit County has the same general growth, with the ex- 
ception that the density decreases more slowly as the Skagit 
River is ascended. In the next county to the southward — 
Snohomish — the growth of timber on the immediate shore 
line is only from five to ten cords, or say 3, coo to 5,000 feet, 
but at from one to five miles back the forest becomes as 
dense as in the more northerly counties, but the very heavy 
growth extends only for about an average of ten miles back, 
when rt again decreases to between 100 and 200 cords to 
the acre, and thirty miles back from the shore only shows 
from twenty to fifty cords to the acre. West of these coun- 
ties ai'e the counties of Island and San Juan, composed of 
groups of small 
islands in Puget 
Sound, none of 
which, with the 
exception of the 
southern parts 
of Whidby and 
Camas, have 
more than five 
or ten (X)rds to 
the acre. The 
Southern parts 
of these coun- 
ties had at the 
time this report 
was made over 
200 cords to the 
acre, but much 
of this has been 
cut down. 

King Countv. 
lying immedi- 
ately south of Snohomish, and containing 2,000 sciuare miles, 
has the same dense growth of over 200 cords to the acre for 
about fifteen to twenty-five miles from the shore line, thence 
rather suddenly decreasing to the foothills, where it has but 
from twenty to fifty cords to the acre. 

Pierce, the next county south, has the same general con- 
ditions, except through a portion of its area and that of the 
adjoining county of Thurston. With the exception of this 
small treeless waste, Pierce is remarkably well timbered, the 
high average of more than 200 cords to the acre extending 
over a greater area than in any of the other counties named 
above, while the area containing between 100 and 200 cords 
to the acre extends to within a short distance of the foot of 
Mount I'acoma. But little timber in Pierce county has 
been cut, except close to Puget Sound. Thurston is the 
southern county of Puget Sound, and has the same heavy 
growth for five or ten miles from the upper shores, but this 
soon falls to between 100 and 200 cords. 

Following the line down the western boundary of Thurs- 




n wsoN .V ro, s ^ni.i.. 



ton, between that and the Cascade Range, the next county 
soLitli of Pierce and Thurston is Lewis, which, except in the 
fertile but narrow vallcvs of the Cowlitz and Chehalis Rivers, 
has a density of growth varying from 100 to 200 cords to 
the acre, and the limber of this section is of fine (piality 
and very easily marketeil, as all the streams iiave good log- 
ging waters in ordinary seasons, while the timber being 
sheltered from wind storms, has no shakes, and grows to 
large proportions, with long, straight trunks, clear of limbs 
to a height of 100 to 150 feet or more. Cowlitz and Clarke 
Counties have the same general characteristics as Lewis, 
being lightly timbered in the valleys of the Cowlitz and (.'o- 
lumbia Rivers, and heavily timbered a mile or two back. 
Skamania (bounty has some fine timber south of Mount St. 
Helens, but the growth is not as heavy as in the other comi- 
ties, and wdl nowhere exceed too cords to the acre, the 
average of the b-tter land being but a little more than fifty. 

Turning west 
to the C(jast 
counties, the 
small county 
ol Wahkiakum 
has a consider- 
able amount of 
Columbia val- 
ley laml, which, 
while very fer- 
tile, has but lit- 
tle timber, not 
cutting more 
than five or ten 
coi'ds to the 
acre. This belt 
extends back 
nowhere more 
than six miles, 
when the heavy 
t i mber lands, 
containing 100 
to 200 cords to the acre, are again nut with. Pacific 
Countv is, witli the exception of the saiul spits along 
the immediate ocean, heavily timbered, and will average 
throughout its extent nearly 200 cords to the acre. The 
same dense growth jirevails through the counties of Jef- 
er.son and Clallam, to the straits of San Juan de Fuca. 
The land in the jelferson and Kitsa|i counties bordering on 
Hood's Canal and Puget Sound, with the exception of I'-om 
one to five miles of shore line, was similarly well wooded, 
and the whole, or almost the whole of Mascni County, which 
occupies the land in the southwestern part of the I'nget 
Sound region, and the southern part of Hood's Canal region, 
has a forest of about ecpial density. 



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ACOMA Mil. I. COMI'ANV. 



Their mill as pictured in our cut, was established in 1S68, 
and was one of the first started on Puget Sound. It is a 
general saw milling business, both wholesale and retail. 
Tliev do .a verv large foreign business, shipping <|uantities 



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of lumber to China, Australia, South America, East and West 
coast of England and even Spain, as well as the Atlantic 
seaboard. The Spanish business is a new departure, this 
being- the first cargo of lumber ever shipped to Spain from 
the shores of Puget Sound. It is probable that this first 
order will open up a new field, and lead to a large trade 
in this direction. 

The Northern Pacific R. R. runs through the premises 
of the company, which gives them unusual facilities for 
shipping lumber, as they possess a switch track of tlieir 
own, thus expediting transportation. 

The mill is the most completely fitted up imaginable, 
and contains the latest improved machinery. The 
average daily output of sawn lumber is 250,000 feet, 
although on one occasion 465,928 feet were turned out in 
ten hours. The mill is a gang mill and can cut timber 140 
feet long and 30x30 inches; 1200 horse power is employed, 
necessitating 18 boilers. This power is used in running 



Young Mr. Hanson is the practical manager of this great 
concern, and makes his home in the city of Tacoma. 

J. r. I,. H.^RRIS. 

J. T. I,. Harris, whose photograph is given in "T.acom.a 
Illustrated," among the representative citizens, as will be 
seen, is a man with the best part of his life before hint. He 
came to Tacoma a short time ago from Sioux City, Iowa, 
and is now permanently established here with his family. 
When Mr. Harris came to the Pacific coast it was with 
the intention of engaging cither in banking or the lumber 
business. After looking the field over and seeing what 
a magnificent field for the latter business Washington 
is, he decided to erect a sawmill for the production of cedar 
shingles which are becoming so popular with builders 
throughout the United States. 

The Tacoma Cedar Lumber Company was thereupon 
organized by Mr. Harris, with a capital stock of $25,000, he 




1 IKAIN L'^AlJ OF RED CF.D.^R SHINGLES slllPl'KU EAST (l\'EK DIE NORTHERN PACIFIC. 



two double circular saws, two gang saws, two gang edges, 
one pony saw, two lath mills, four planers. Drying kilns 
are connected with the mill, which employ 250 men on 
the premises, and the company has over 500 more con- 
stantly engaged in logging for them. 

Hanson & Co., 48 Market street, San Francisco, are the 
agents. Mr. Charles Hanson may be called the Tacoma 
Mill Co., as he and his son, William H. Hanson, are the sole 
proprietors. Mr. Hanson is a native of Denmark, and came 
to San Francisco in 1853. 

He was a "rustler," and embarked in the lumber business, 
handling redwood chiefly. Later he came to Puget Sound 
and noting with keen business sagacity the advantages of 
the location, he built the mill on the present site. Tacoma 
did not have enough population to unload the vessel that 
brought down the mill plant. When one looks at it to-day 
and sees ten or twelve vessels loading at the company'.s 
wharves, it seems hardly credible that a great city has 
grown here in so short a time. 



holding a controlling interest. The mill is situated on the 
shore line of Commencement Bay, between Old 'I'own 
and the Pacific Mill, and has a capacity of 100,000 shingles 
per day. The mill is operated night and day by two shifts 
of men, and has jumped right into a profitable business. 
Carload shipments have already been made to Cortland, N. 
Y., cities in Missouri and Illinois, and Sioux City, Des 
Moines, and other Iowa points. All kinds of fancy shingles 
are manufactured by this- company, and they are the sole 
makers of the Star Brand of cedar shingles. 

The Tacoma Cedar Lumber Company is one of the very 
few firms on Puget Sound that does not belong to the 
shingle trust. The company's office is at 928 Pacific .\ve. 

ST. P.'\UL & T.-\COM.A LU.MBF,R CO.MPANV. 

It requires courage of no mean order to fight the long 
established prejudices of a trade or occupation, and no 
people are more tenacious of their prejudices than lumber- 
men. \\'hen the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company 



TACOMA I L LUST RATED. 



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began to build their mill on the flats in Tacoma, and an- the carriage. These were improvements that they were 
nounced that they had ordered a band mill and would use told would prove useless, but they have more than justified 
it without a circular saw, the old-time lumbermen scolfed at the expectations formed o( them. The mill now cuts 175,000 
these "new fangled notions," and could by no argument or feet of lumber every ten hours, and works six days every 
persuasion be induced to consider the possibility of success, week, and every week in the year except when temporarily 

closed for repairs. Over two hundred men are em- 



ployed in the mill or in the yard, and a large force in 
their logging camps. At the corner of Twenty- 
third and Adams streets the store and general 
offices are established in a very handsome building 
erected by themselves. The store has one of the 
largest and most complete stocks of general mer- 
chandise to be found in the Pacific Northwest, and 
does a large business with the general public as well 
as with the employes of tlie company. In the rear 
is the city yard, which occupies two blocks of land, 
and whence any kind of lumber can be furnishetl 
to all parts of the city. 

WHEELER, OSGOOD i: CO. 

In the month of July last a pile driver ai work on 
the tide flats at the heat! of Commencement Ray, could 
be plainly seen from the business portion of the city, 
and gradually there towered up to a great height above the 
])iles, story by story, a large structure which, it was then 
said, would be a sash and door factory. Of its magnitude 
and the influence it would have upon the future growth 
and prosperity of the city of Tacoma, little was then 
thought. To-day it stands -here complete, a monument 
to the manufacturing interests of this city, unequaled any- 
where in the Pacific Northwest in capacity or excellence 
of construction. 

The relation that the establishment, covering a floor 




WHEELER, OSOOon k rn.'s S.\SH, POOR .\ND BLIND FACTORY. 

Time has shown that the new company was wise in its 
determination to introduce an improvement, and that the 
band saw makes as good, if not better, lumber than the 
circular saw, and is far more economical. 

The result is a trium|ili for the company, aiul will make a 
revolution in the whole system of lumber sawing on the 
Pacific coast. The .St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company, 
which made this successful experiment, is composed almost 
entirely of St. Paul and Minneapolis capitalists, some of 
whom have been engaged in the lumber business in Minne- 
sota and AV'isconsin. The officers are Col. Chauncey ^V. 
(iriggs, president; .\. (j. Foster, vice-president; (ieorge 
Browne, secretary; Henry Hewitt, Jr., treasurer, and P. D. 
Norton, assistant treasurer. 
The mill has been runnin 
about SIX months, and was 
designed to cut lumber for Is 
the Eastern markets. ~\(/jy. 
The local demand in^^>UK^ 
Tacoma has, however, ■^ 
been so great that the 
whole product has re- 
mained in this city, 4', ' 
and has been used'^i 
to build houses for fa. 
the enormous popu-.- // 
lation that has come V^^ 
to make the city of_^ S: 
Tacoma their home. 

Situated directly 
opposite the Taco- 
ma Hotel, the mill is a 

prominent feature of the landscape, and is a handsome space of 29,484 square feet and employing 150 skilled work- 
structure. The proprietors have made many innovations men, bears to the industrial growth of Tacoma, is evidenced 
in the established practice of sawing on this coast, besides by the fact that already more than twenty-five skilled work- 
the adoption of the handsaw. Among the.se are the endless men, with their families, have come from the East to make 
chain with fixed dogs to haul the logs from the pond on to 
the mill floors, and the steam nigger for turning logs on 




THE ST. r.\ri. AND TACOMA LUMBER COMrANV. 



this city their home, and secure employment in this factory. 
This concern is rated at 300 doors per day, which means 



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that it will turn out in one day not alone 300 doors, but from 
400 to 500 sashes, and a proportionate amount of finishing 
moldings, casings, etc., in one day for fifteen houses, such 
as would cost to build $2,500 each. 

The machinery is all of the latest and most improved 
pattern. Of the many new machines in the building there 
is one deserving of especial mention, there probably being 
nothing like it on the coast. It is called a "sander." 
By the old method the smooth finish was given to doors, 
sashes and the like, by hand labor. With this machine a 
door is made as smooth as glass in about one minute. The 
work is much more perfect than if done by hand. 

Everything about the building, in fact, is on the latest 
and most improved plan. 'I'he e.\haust fan is, perhaps, a 
feature new to many. It is used for carrying away from the 
different machines the shavings and other debris that would 
otherwise endanger the premises by their likelihood to catch 
fire. .\ large fan is so constructed that the shavings and 
other debris are drawn up from the machines and forced 
through the flume 
to the shaving room. 
From there it finds 
its way into the fur- -: " 

nace, and in the .^ 

shape of smoke, out 
through the smoke 
stack. 

.\ steam elevator, 
6x9 feet in size, will 
be used to facilitate 
the handling of ma- 
terials between the 
different floors. 

There will be in ^^^crr> 
use, when the ma- -SS^-i; 

chinery is all set in --"'--;;._-.,-_..-,_:'-;.---:= 

motion, over 3,000 ~ 

feet of belting. The shafting runs the entire length of the 
building on the first floor, and instead of the usual cast iron 
pulleys wooden split pulleys are used, so that should a mis- 
hap occur it would not be necessary to stop the machinery 
for repairs but a few minutes. 

The members of this firm are W. C. Wheeler, G. H. Os- 
good, and 1). 1). Clark, all of whom are thorough business 
men. 

THE UIG H.^RBOR l.UMFiER COMP.ANV 

has its retail yards and main office on Dock street below 
Fifteenth. It has only been in e.^istence a year, but 
during that time the amount of business done by it is 
phenomenal. The mill is situated on Gig Harbor opposite 
Point Defiance, and is fitted with the latest imjiroved 
machinery, and capable of an output of one hundred thou- 
sand feet per diem. 

The export trade is by far the most important feature of 
this company's business, and they ship large quantities of 
lumber to China, Australia, South America, and to the 
Eastern seaboard. The following from a trade paper is in- 
teresting, as illustrating the facts above noted : 




"On Tuesday, Sejit. 17, the Gig Harbor Mill cut six 
sticks of timber 24.\24 inches, 110 feet long, which were 
loaded on the ship Earl Granville for China." 

The officers of the company are Francis Hall, President; 
(ieo. S. Atkinson, .Superintendent; J. H. Parker, Secretary, 
and E. S. Prentice, 'i'reasurer. 

link's pl.wixg mills. 

The factory and office of this flourishing" concern are 
on Adams St., south of Twenty-fifth. The business has 
been established a little over a year, but is already on a sub- 
stantial basis and turning out a large quantity of gootl work. 
Mr. Link manufactures windows, doors, mouldings and 
brackets, and does stair-building, band-sawing, turning, etc., 
to order. The machinery plant is very complete, and of the 
latest and most scientific designs. 

The ownership of the mills is invested entirely in .Mr. .\. 
R. Link. He was born in Floyd Co., Indiana, but lived after- 
ward near Terre Haute, where he was in business for eight- 
een years. He was 
a carpenter in early 
ife, and being one 
of that class of men 
that is hard to hold 
down, he soon be- 
gan contracting on 
his own account, and 
accumulated capital. 
Later he moved to 
Wichita, Kan., and 
after a residence 
there of two years, 
came here, and es- 
"5 tablished himself at 
- - ;iS^ once in the business 

^,. ^_ ^,^.__- -"~ as has been stated. 

THE STANDARD IRON A\T)RKS. 



T. H. Lister ..V' Sons are the proprietors of these works, 
the oldest of this description in the city, as they were estab- 
lished in 18S6. The principal feature is the manufacture of 
architectural iron work and machinery castings. Their 
works are situated in the southeast portion of the city, on 
the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and 
near to the new freight warehouses, at the corner of East E 
and Twenty-third streets. Teir switch runs into the yard 
of the works. Since their establishment they can point 
to many ornaments of their handiwork, having furnished all 
the iron and steel used in the erection of many of the most 
prominent buildings in Tacoma, among which may be men- 
tioned the Fife, C. B. Wright's, Bostvvick's, ^Vilson's, Camp- 
bell & Powell's. Mason's, the Sprague Block, Catlin & Bar- 
low's, and the Gross buildings. It is evident that these are 
among the best buildings in the city. Outside they have 
done good work in the cities of Olympia, Port Townsend, 
Ellensburgh, \'akima. and Spokane Falls. Every year has 
shown for them an increase of at least 200 per cent. 




1.. s. liAkUiVV. 

CHARLES M. JOHNSON. 

J. W. KLEEB. 



O. W. BARLOW. 

F. M, WADE. 

NEW CLUI! HOUSE. 



RESIDENCES OF TACOMA. 



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REALTY AND BUILDING. 

General Riview of Irs HI^•IllR^' to Present Date, 




HE following able article on 'I'acoina and 
its rapid growth and advancement is con- 
tributed to Tacoma Illustrated by Col- 
C W. Hobart, the editor of the Tacoma 
Real Estate yoKnial: 

Real estate has been a leading fac- 
tor in the jihenomenal growth and wealth of Tacoma. 
Prior to the time, June, 1873, that it was determined 
by the Northern Pacific Railroad management that its 
Western terminus was to be at this point, the land 
within and around the limits of the proposed new town 
could command but little more, if any, than the gov- 
ernment rates per acre. But this event stimulated 
values thereof at once, and speculation therein began 
its career to a moderate extent. Then the town site was 
laid out and the purchase of lots began, with the more 
far-seeing and venturesome people. Not only in lots 
within the limits of the new terminal town did real estate 
deals extend; but by some who were inspired with greater 
confidence in the future of the location and had faith in the 
ahilitv of the Northern Pacific R. R. to carry out its design, 
they extended to purchases of acre propery outside. 

Matters thus went forward until the cessation of work 
on the Northern Pacific, through the f.-iilure of Jay ('ofike 
when all transactions ceased. Tliose who still had faith 
in the revival of the enterprise held on to their prop- 
erty, while others who were discouraged, disposed of their 
holdings with but slight advance. Thus everyone who had 
pinned their faith upon Tacoma were suspended upon the 
ragged edge from 1873, until C. B. Wright came to the 
front and organized a syndicate, and thus secured the capi- 
tal to push the railroad project forward. Later, Henry 
Villard came mto the management as President, and under 
his adininistration the road -was completed to the Columbia 
River, there connecting at Wallula with Portland by river 
and rail. Here the Northern Pacific had another set-back 
by the failure of Mr. Villard in 1883. During the period of 
Villard's administration the anxious investors of Tacoma 
were in a condition of suspense through the supposed inten- 
tion of Mr. Villard to not extend the road across the Cas- 
cade Range, or if he did to make Seattle the terminus in- 
stead of Tacoma, but rather make Portland its terminal 
point. But after Mr. Villard retired, other gentlemen con- 
nected with the company, faithful to the original purpose to 
make Tacoma the western terminus, inaugurated plans to 
build the line from the Columbia River near the junction of 
the Snake, across the Cascade Range to Tacoma, which 
was accomplished July 4, 1887. 

P'rom this time the budding of the Northern Pacific to 
Tacoma was definitely assured, real estate began to advance 
from primitive values, and from the consummation of the 
enterprise in 1887, its advance was marked. 

Not until just before or ;it the beginning of 1880, was 
anything accomplished toward clearing the forest and laying 



out the first streets of the new town. Settlers then be- 
gan to appear, and arrangements were begun for building, 
and wharves constructed for the landing of steamers. 
Within four years from the time the first forest trees were 
felled, a $200,000 hotel was commenced in June, 1883 ; a 
female seminary, a public school edifice, and gas and water 
works were erected by the railroad company, mainly through 
the efforts of Mr. Wright. 

The establishment of these enterprises began to stimu- 
late the value of real estate. After the completion of 
"The Tacoma" hotel in 1884, lots in the- center of bus- 
iness would bring from $1,000 to $1,500 per lot of 25X 
120 feet, and fine residence lots in the most desirable locali- 
ties, would bring from $roo to $1,500, according to eligibil- 
ity of location. The Northern Pacific Railroad located 
the original town site, and purchased other lands about it 
from the government, and afterward sold them to the Tacoma 
Land Company, an auxiliary of the former company. Dur- 
ing the last months of 1884, the Land Company sold to 
private individuals for residence purpose, several hundred 
lots, the sales amounting to about $25,000 per month. The 
entire real estate sales in Pierce County, in 1882, which 
included but few outside of Tacoma, were $573,466. The 
next year, 1883, the first improvements began. The sales 
were $1,392,296, double those of the prior year. For the year 
1884, the sales were $1,027,911. For 1885, the sales were 
only $667,356, and for 1886, they were $747,371. It will 
be observed that there is a sudden falling off in sales during 
the two years last named about one-half over the two years 
of 18S3-4. This was during the construction of the Cas- 
cade division from Pasco to Tacoma; the result of a change 
in the policy of the road after the retirement of Henry 
Villard from the presidency thereof. It was opened to Ta- 
coma July I, 1887, and it will be observed that the real 
estate sales for that year, which were $2,078,531, were a 
large advance over all former years, largely due to this 
event. From this year, 1S87, began the growth of Tacoma, 
and transactions in real estate began in earnest, and have 
continued thus to the present time with no reaction in 
values, as is shown by subsequent sales and prices. The 
sales for the year 1888 were $8,853,598, an increase of 
sales over those of the previous year of over 400 per cent. 
The rapid additions to population, and the steady and firm 
growth of building and business enterprises caused an 
increase in the demand for real estate, and a consequent 
increase of values. For the first ten months of the present 
year, 1S89, the sales reached $11,313,245. Estimating the 
sales for the two last months of 1889, as equal to those of 
the two months prior, they will reach for the year $13,500,- 
000 in round numbers, which is an increase of nearlv five 
million dollars over the \'ear i8,SS. 

Tacoma has never had any "boom" in real estate or busi- 
ness. The rapid increase in population since 1887, from 
about 9,000 to about 30,000 in October, 1889, as indicated 
by the vote at the general election on the first of that 
month — an increase of over 300 per cent., has produced the 
demand for real estate, and the consequent increase of 
values therein, ^'alues in leal property have never de- 




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creased a tlav since the founding of the town, and since the 
completion of the Cascade Division of the Northern Pacific 
Railroad to Tacoma the increase has been steady, firm an<I 
upward, and thus they continue to-day. 

During the year 1SS7, the jM'ice of real property on 
Pacific avenue — the leading business street of the city, was 
from $200 to $400 per front foot, while the ranging price 
of property on other business streets was $50 to $150 per 
front foot. Fine residence property in the most desirable 
location ranged from $25 to $40 per front foot, while resi- 
dence lots in other localities within a mile of the business 
center ranged from $5 to $15 per front foot. During the 
same period acre properly within a mile and a half of the 
business center sold from ,^400 to $500 per acre, while with- 
in two and a half miles of the same point, similar property 
brought from $150 to $200 per acre, all according to local- 
ity aud improvements. 

During the year 1S8S, the [)opulation continued to in- 
crease to a rapid e.xtent, thus enlarging the demand for real 
estate in the interest of the growing trade, commerce and 
manufacturing. Business property during this year brought 
from $500 to $1,000 per front foot, on Pacific avenue, and 
similar property is largely in advance of these prices to-day, 
because of the steady increased demand. This demand for 
business extends to more than si.\ streets, which are parallel 
with Pacific avenue, besides occupying various cross streets. 
In fact, business has extended to J street, eight blocks \vest 
of Pacific avenue, which has a tendency to increase values 
in both residence and business property. 

While inside business property has thus advanced in 
value from government price in 1875, to $1,000 per front 
foot in 1S88, outside timber and farming lands have 
also increased in value, more than quadrupled since 
1887. This is largely due tcj the extension of additions to 
the city in almost all directions for three and four miles out 
and the existence of motor railroad lines through them. So 
widely is the pulse of Tacoma's growth in population and 
permanent business felt that it affects real estate prices for 
ten miles around — in fact, throughout Pierce County. To- 
day $200 to §500 per acre for outlying acre property is 
moderate. 

The buildin.g enterprises of Taconui have been enormous 
during the past three years, as a result of the steady antl 
large advance in real estate. It has been utterly impossible 
to su[)ply lumber and other material fast enough for the 
demand in building. During the year 1888, over 1,000 
houses were put up, yet the demand was not supplied. This 
with ;>. population of about 20,000 at the end of the year. 
.■\.t this rate with a population of over 30,000 at the end of 
18S9, there will have then been erected over 2,000 buildings, 
because the supply of material has increased with new lum- 
ber mills, and yet the demand for more houses is as exten- 
sive at the end of ten months of 1889 as it was at the end 
of 1888. 

Real estate being the basis of all material and industrial 
interests, they all keep pace one with the other, hence the 
phenomenal growth and prosperity of Tacoma, the coming 
metropolis of the Pacific Coast. 



SL.\UGHTER & CO. 



This firm has its offices at i r 2 Tenth Street. As good wine 
needs no bush, so the old and well known firm of Slaughter 
& Co. needs no introduction to the people of Tacoma and 
those dwelling on the shores of Puget Sound. They have 
made some of the largest sales of real estate that have ever 
been made in this vicinity, and in no single instance have 
they failed to make money for their patrons. They have 
been in business ever since 1882. 

Messrs. Slaughter & Co. will shortly place u|)on the 
market one of the most beautiful pieces of property near 
Tacoma to-day. It is known as Lake Steilacooni Park, and 
lies in a southwesterly direction, just seven miles distant 
from this city. It is readily accessible however, and reached 
by the Lake City Railroad which runs through the tract. 
The scenery of Lake Steilacoom is unsurpassed for beauty, 
variety and grandeur; Mount Tacoma looms majestic in the 
distance. The Park itself is a lovely stretch of prairie land 
dotted w.th groves of trees. Springs of living w^ater abound 
and the lake itself lying there like a jewel adorning the face 
of the landscape, is a constant dream of delight to the lover 
of nature. It is also a paradise for any one who prop- 
erly appreciates pure air, fine scenerv, a genial climate, 
anil outdoor life. In the above described vicinity Slaughter 
& Co. offer to the people of Tacoma an opportunity of pur- 
chasing the most charming residence sites near town. Illus- 
trations, plats, maps, etc., will be cheerfully given on 
application. They are also selling acre-lots at American 
Lake at a very low figure. This is another lovely location 
developed through the energy and far-sightedness of Messrs. 
Slaughter & Co. Considerable property has already been 
sold at .\merican Lake Park, and some elegant residences 
are now being projected there. 

Although Messrs. Slaughter & Co. offer for sale sites for 
beautiful suburban homes in the above mentioned localities, 
it must not be forgotten that they are agents for some of 
the choicest and most desirable property in the business 
and inside residence portion of the city. Any applicant to 
this firm for information concerning these properties will at 
once receive full particulars. 



\V. B. SOMERS, 

of 920 .\ street, is one of the prominent real estate men 
of the City of Destiny. He only located here in the month 
of January, 188S, but even in that short period has suc- 
ceeded in making himself an enviable position among the 
better class of the business community. Despite his com- 
parative youth Mr. Somers has had extensive experience in 
the real estate business, having formerly been successfully 
engaged in it in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is a man of the 
rarest business integrity, and the accuracy of his judgment 
is unquestioned by all who have had dealings with him. 

Mr. Somers has lately moved into his new, commodious 
and elegantly furnished offices, where he will attend to the 
wants of investors in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. 
.Also all Cf)rrespondence will receive his prompt and per- 
sonal attention. 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



THEO. HOSMER. 




GREA'r deal of 'I'acoma's magic develop- 
ment is attributable to Mr. Theo. Hosmer, 
and it is with pleasure we introduce in the 
pages of "Tacoma Illustrated" his fa- 
miliar features. Mr. Hosmer was born in 
Sandusky, Ohio, and when quite young left 
his native city for Philadelphia, In the year 1873 his health 
having been somewhat impaired through constant application 
to business, and deeming a change of air and scene would be 
beneficial, he accepted the Northern Pacilic Railroad's prop- 
osition and became secretary of the commission which after- 
waril located that company's Western terminus here. 

His original intention when leaving Philadelphia, was to 
remain here just three months; the cdimate agreeing with 
him so well, however, he was inducx'd to remain and take 
charge of the immense work laid out by the officers of the 
Commission prior to their departure for the East. 

The dense timber of a thousand acres had to be cut iloun 
and cleared away; roads laid out and graded, ami the 
perspective of a future great city clearly defined. Mr. Hos- 
mer, with the exception of three years spent in the 
East on account of sickness in his family, has lived in 
Tacoma ever since, vs^atching with pride the development of 
the many enterprises with which he is connected, and the 
growth to a metropolitan city of the little hamlet which he 
saw when he first arrived. He has been constantly identi- 
fied with the Tacoma Land Company, and is at the present 
time Comptroller of that Company. He is also president of 
the Light and Water Company, having been its general 
manager since its beginning up to 1882, president of the 
Tacoma Opera House Company, president of the Wilkeson 
Coal and Coke Company, vice-president of the Union Club, 
trustee of Annie Wright Seminary, and director in several 
other leading institutions of the city, many of which owe a 
large measure of success to his untiring and aggressive 
energy and enterprise, always inindful of the public welfare. 



WILLIAM H. FIFE. 



Some men are born great, some have greatness tlirust 
upon them, while others achieve it. To the latter class be- 
longs ^Villiam H. Fife, one of Tacoma's best and truest 
pioneers. The subject of this sketch was born in Peter- 
borough County, Ontario, in the year 1S33. His early boy- 
hood was spent upon a farm, and it was not until he had 
reached the age of seventeen that he left the parental roof 
and started out to seek his fortune. In the town of Kent 
he obtained employment in a general merchandise store, 
receiving five dollars per month the first year, and seven 
dollars per month the second year, for wages. At the age 
of twenty-one he engaged in a similar occupation in the 
neighboring town of Norwood and married Miss Harriet 
\. Johnson, to whom he attributes to a great extent the 
wonderful prosperity he has experienced. When the Cari- 
bou gold excitement was at its height, Mr. Fife moved to 
British Columbia, remaining there three years. On his re- 



turn to Canada, he moved with his family to Vassar, Mich- 
igan, where he engaged in the merchandise and sawmill 
business. In 1870 he again moved to Cherokee, Iowa, 
where he built the first store and laid the foundation of a 
prosperous and growing city. 

When Mr. Fife left Canada he had his eye on the Pacific 
Coast, anil in 1873 started for the Puget Sound terminus of 
the Northern Pacific Railroad, and located among the 
stumps that then covered the town site of Tacoma. He 
established the first general merchandise store, laid the first 
water main in the streets of Tacoma, and was the first post- 
master, acting in that capacity for eight years. Since his 
arrival in the City of Destiny his financial success has been 
lihenomenal. To-day he pays as much taxes, if not more, 
than any other man in the new State of Washington. The 
Hotel Fife, one of the handsomest and costliest buildings in 
Tacoma, was erected in 1888, by Mr. Fife, at a cost of 
,'$125,000. The structure is of brick, five stories high, and 
has a frontage of 330 feet. He owns a great many other 
buildings besides this, as well as some valuable property 
in the very be.st portions of the city. His fortune is 
variously estimated at between one and two millions. 



CAPTAIN \\. J. FIFE. 



Capt. Fife, whose picture is given in this work among the 
representative citizens of Tacoma, may well be termed a 
man of energy and zeal. His residence in Tacoma dates 
back to the time, when, a mere lad, he accompanied his 
father, W. H. Fife, from Iowa to take up his permanent 
residence in the City of Destiny. At that time he had re- 
ceived little or no scholastic training, and Tacoma, unlike 
what it is to-day, possessed extremely limited facilities in 
this respect. Young Fife managed, however, to devote all 
his leisure hours to his studies, at the same time acting as 
assistant postmaster. 

In 1876 he entered the California Military .Vcadeniy at 
Oakland, Cal., and only left it when he had attained the 
highest possible honors in a competitive drill between three 
companies of the academy. The institution presented him 
with a massive gold medal, and promoted him from a cadet 
to the captaincy of Company -•\. He is also a graduate of 
the Columbia Law University of Washington, D. C, taking 
the junior and senior courses. In 1883 he was admitted to 
the Pierce County bar, but on account of the large interests 
of his father and his own private affairs, he does not follow 
his profession, although before a jury, or on the rostrum, he 
has proved himself an eloquent pleader, and a logical and 
clever speaker. As cominander of the Tacoma Cuards, 
Company C, First Infantry Regiment of the National Guard 
of Washington, Capt. Fife is looked upon by the entire 
company with the highest esteem, and their trust in him 
has been fully demonstrated on more than one occasion. 
In May, 1882, Capt. Fife married Miss Flora J. Thompson! 
the eldest daughter of Senator L. F. Thompson, of Sumner. 

Mr. Fife is deeply absorbed in the public interests of 
Tacoma, and the zeal displayed by him in these interests 
has made him a very popular citizen. 




CLIXTOX r. FERRY. 



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CLINTON P. FERRY. 




HE subject of this brief sketch, Mr. Clinton 
P. Ferry, to wlioni the writer, as well as 
many other visitors to 'Facoma, i.s indebted 
for many acts of kindness and courtesy, is 
a character within himself. Mr. Ferry is a 
self-made man; born at Fort ^V'ayne in 
1836, after the age of 12 years he took upon himself his 
own education, meanwhile being his own sup|Mjrt. He left 
school when 19 years old, having passed through a com- 
mercial college, and become cashier for the Toledo. Wabash 
& Western Railroad, leaving his position two years later 
to go to the Pacific Coast, whci'e he spent about twenty 
years between Portland and .San Francisco. In 1868 Mr. 
Ferry came to 'I'acoma, then nothing but a forest, and 
invested in real estate. Many persons looked upon his 
investments then as a pure act of folly, and thus it was that 
they dubbed him the "Duke of Tacoma,"a sobritiuet which 
has followed him to the present day. and is so identified 
with Mr. J'"erry that he is known everywhere as "the 
Duke." Mr. Ferry is (jf French descent, his grandfather 
having been chef de battalion inuler Napoleon the First. 
The present Covernor of Washington is his uncle. Much 
of Mr. l''erry's tenacity, one of his greatest characteristics, 
can be jutlged of bv his strength of conviction in the nat- 
ural resources and location of Tacoma. Much of the 
real estate bought by him twentv-one vears ago is to-day 
the finest property in Tacoma, and still held bv him. He 
has in fart for that period of time subordinated every- 
thing to the maintenance of his interests in Tacoma, and 
has naturally reaped a handsome reward. 

Mr. Ferry, however, has l)een always active in the public 
interests of Tacoma, and although not a politician uses 
his money and influence in all good acts of charity and 
public good. His zeal, vitality, perseverance, honor, 
polished manners and good fellowship have secured for 
him the best legacy any man can wish — firm and devoted 
friends. Geo. P. Baldwin. 



BUCEY & WILLIAMS, 
Rem. Est.ate Imvestors and Brokers. 



W. T. D. FRASER. 



The above named gentleman has a commodi(nis office in 
?^.\change Block, corner of Tenth and .A streets, and is 
well known in Tacoma as a pushing, energetic, active busi- 
ness man. He does a general real estate, loan brokerage 
and commission business, and is one of the firmest believers 
in the future of this city that can be found. His interest 
in the city is absorbing, and he has identified himself with it 
so closely that he is sure to prosper as the city itself does. 

Mr. Eraser represents, and is in fact the principal owner 
of the Ravenswood .\ddition which is one of the choicest 
bits of property lying adjacent tcj Tacoma. It is all on high 
ground, and faces Commencement Bay, commanding one of 
the most beautiful views in the vicinity. 

Mr. Eraser has a large business connection in (ireat 
Britain, and has already been commissioned to act as agent 
for several influential capitalists. 



This firm, composed-^of Henry Bucey and Herbert J. 
Williams, is located in the Wright Block in Rooms 10 and 
1 1 corner Pacific avenue ami Ninth street, and is doing a 
very large general Real Estate and Brokerage business; the 
greater portion of their real estate transactions are invest- 
ments f(jr non-residents, and their success in the business 
is due to their careful and jiuiicial investments made for 
strangers, '['heir reputation for honesty and reliability is 
well known and established. They have handled some of 
the finest and most valuable property in the ciiv, and their 
judgment is greatlv relied upon in all matters pertaining 
to investments. 

.\lr. Henry ISurcy, who is the head memln-r of the firm, 
is an attorney at law of acknowledged al)ilit\'. He is 
from Ohio, but has been on the Northwest coast since 1876. 
His judgment letl him after careful study of the country to 
the conclusion that Tacoma was destined to be the great 
metro|)olis of the Northwest, ami in the fall of i8<S4 he left, a 
\ erv lucrative practice at Pendleton, Oregon, and moved with 
his family to ■Tai:onui. His early life hax'ing been spent in 
horticultural work which he had great love for, and discern- 
ing that this Territory was destined to be a great fruit pro- 
ducing country, he originated and effectually organized the 
Washington Horticultural Society in 1885 and has been its 
president ever since, which society has accomplished a vast 
amount of good for the whole Territory; and to aid the 
society he originated and published the Northweit Hortictil- 
tiin'sf, a monthly journal, which immediately became under 
his able editing, the leading and most popular paper of the 
kind in the Northwest. His legal practice and real estate 
business having become so great, he disposed of the paper 
to its present managers and editors. His last and greatest 
undertaking of a public nature is the establishing of a 
large E.\position building in this city; he has succeeded 
in forming a corporation with a capital stock of $125,000 
and has secured two blocks of land in the city. The build- 
ing will be completed by September ist, 1890, when the ex- 
position will take place. The building is near the Sound, 
and he proposes to make one of the leading features of 
the E.xposition the establishing and maintaining of large 
aquariums, a venture which will net him a handsome return. 

Herbert ]. Williams is from Michigan, and has resided in 
this city about two years, in which time he lias by his 
honesty and ability to transact business earned an enviable 
reputation, and he is universally respected. 

He is a graduate of the Medical Department of the 
L'niversity of Michigan, class of 1881, but after practicing 
for five years in Eastern Oregon devoted his attentit)n 
entirely to the drug btisiness. Upon coming to 'Tacoma two 
years since, seeking some business in which, to engage, he 
became associated with Mr. Bucey in the business which 
they have made such a success. He still takes an active 
interest in matters pertaining to the advancement of the 
meilical jjrofession, being a charter member of both the 
County and State Medical Societies. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



T.OMBARn INVESTMENT COMPANY. 
Corner uf C and Ei.kventh Streets. Taci.ima. 



SNEI.L i't BEDFORD. 




^E cif the oldest established, best known 
cind strongest of loanhig companies in 
the United States, having a capital fully 
paid up of §1,250,000, with a surplus of 
$750,000. The Eastern office of the com- 
pany for making loans is located at Kansas 
City, Mo., which is under the direct charge of iNlr. James 
L. Lombard, Vice-President of the company, and the 
Eastern office for disposing of loans is at No. 13 Sears 
Building, Boston, Mass., under the direct charge of Mr. B. 
l,ombard, Jr., President of the company, who has been 
identified with the business for over thirty years, having 
commenced the loaning of money for Eastern capitalists in 
the State of Illinois when a mere boy, and having devoted 
his entire time to it to the present date. The company is 
represented by branch offices in the States of Minnesota, 
Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oregon, Utah, Ten- 
nessee, Texas and Washington (all of these branches being 
directly under the management and control of the Kansas 
City office), in which are competent employes who have 
been with the company for greater or less periods of time. 
The company averages from $ro,ooo,ooo to $12,000,000 per 
year of loans, and in all the business they have ever trans- 
acted no investor has ever been known to lose a cent. The 
office at Tacoma is under the charge of Mr. S. S. King, who 
has been in the employ of the company for the last eight or 
ten years, and who was sent to this coast in the summer of 
1886 for the purpose of looking it over and seeing whether 
it would be a good field for investment. Upon his report 
to the company they decided to open an office, which they 
did at Portland, Oregon, in the summer of 1887, placing 
him in charge. The business of the office having increased 
so rapidly that it was deemed advisable to divide the w^jrk 
and make two offices, in .\pril of 1889 Mr. King moved the 
headquarters of the company to Tacoma, ^Vashington, 
placing Mr. J. A. Arment, who had been with him since C(nn- 
inencing business here, in charge of the Portland office. 
Since opening the office here the company have placed over 
2,000 loans, amounting in the aggregate to $2,500,000. In 
all of this business they have never had a foreclosure, and 
have not up to the present date ever been obliged to take a 
single tract of land, and have never carried delinquent inter- 
ests any month to exceed $300, making a splendid showing 
for the conservative manner in which loans have been placed 
and demonstrating that they are worthy of the confidence 
in which they are held by Eastern investors. The office in 
this city employs fifteen people, and judging from appear- 
ances when it was visited by our reporter, we are satisfied 
that they have sufficient work to keep them all busy, and 
could probably employ a larger force to good advantage. 

With the growing field and a thrifty population before 
them, it is hardly necessary to bespeak for tlie Lombard 
Investment Company, a further brilliant success in their 
undertaking in the City of Destiny. 



The pleasant offices of this firm are at 1405 Pacific ave- 
nue. These gentlemen are both well known in Tacoma, 
and possess a large and flourishing business. Mr. W. H. 
Snell is city attorney of Tacoma. He fairly represents the 
best type of Western men. He is rather small in physique, 
but evidently possesses one of those alert, vigorous organ- 
izations that is capable of any amount of exertion. His 
brain is apparently of the same sinewy quality as his body, 
and equally fitted to sustain hard work. Mr. Snell was 
born in Mechanicsburg, in July, 1S52, but while he was still ■ 
a boy his parents moved to Nebraska, and settled in Lin- 
coln, the capital city. Here Mr. Snell entered the Ne- 
braska University, and graduated therefrom in 1873. He 
then went into the office of Philpot & Curran, and studied 
law. He was admitted to the bar in 1S74, and went to 
Georgetown, Col., where he was assistant prosecuting at- 
torney. While here he made the acquaintance of Miss 
Mary Alice Bates, and to her was united in the bonds of 
matrimony in 1876. Shortly after this event Mr. Snell 
found his health breaking down, and moved back to Ne- 
braska, where he located in Fairbury, and began to practice. 
In 1SS5 he was elected as representative from the 22d Sen- 
atorial district. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1887, 
and served his term. Then he came to Tacoma, and his 
interests have ever since been identified with the City of 
Destiny. 

Charles Bedford, the other member of the firm, is of 
English birth, l)ut he came with his parents to this country 
before he was six years of age. His father settled at first 
in Illinois, but afteiward removed to Nebraska. Mr. Bed- 
ford, who is of a scholarly turn of mind, was during his 
younger days a teacher in some of the best schools in Jef- 
ferson County, Neb. Then he took up the study of law, 
and shortly after he was admitted to the bar, met .Afr. Snell, 
and they formed a partnership which bills fair to last for a 
lifetime. 

STEPHEN O'BRIEN, 

of 1342 Pacific .V venue, has a large general practice, 
and is regarded as one of the rising legal luminaries of 
Washington. 

He w-as born m Belleville, Ontario, in 1863. He was 
university bred, and one of the most promising graduates 
of the class of 1880. He left Belleville when still a lad in 
vears, and commenced the study of law at Osgoode Hall, 
the famous Tor(.)nto law school. He obtained his degree 
and was admitted to the bar in June, 1885. He then took 
\\\-y the practice of his profession in his native town. As 
his powers developed themselves he found the field too con- 
tracted for his growing energies, ap.d migrated to the Pacific 
Coast. He settled in Tacoma ni the summer of 1888, and 
has since become identified with some of the largest busi- 
ness enterprises in thii* city. He is attorney of the Tacoma 
Electric Soap Company, and Milwaukee Furniture Com- 
pany, and in fact is already in possession of a lucrative 
general practice. 



TA C O MA IL L US 'PRATED. 



45 



PIXKHAM & WAI.KKR. 
Real Estate Aoents, coknior Pacifu- Avenue and 

S. TeNIII SlREEF. 



K. N. OUIME TIT.. 




HIS firm has from the veiy first day that their 
sign appeared, a year ago, enjoyed an envi- 
able position among the prominent and sub- 
stantial real estate agents in Tacoma. Pre- 
vious to deciding that the City of Destiny 
should be his future home, Mr. L. Hampden 
Piiikham held positions with high-class financial firms 
in the East. At a comparatively early age he filled the re- 
sponsible position of general representative for several noted 
paint houses thrcjughout New England, but subsequently 
drifting West, became secretary and treasurer of the Kansas 
City Investment Company of Kansas, and afterward cashier 
for the Minnesota Loan and 'Trust Company of Minneap- 
olis, Minn. For the past nine years Mr. Pinkham has been 
.so closely identified 
with the real estate 
and loan business 
that he may now be 
considered an im- 
portant authority on 
all matters apper- 
taining thereto. 

Mr. Richard E. 
Walker has been a 
resident of the 
Pacific coast for a 
number of years. 
About two years ago 
he decided that Ta- 
coma was the me- 
tropolis of the entire 
Pacific northwest, 
and since that time 
he has made himself extremely popular by his sound busi- 
ness qualifications and general geniality, qualifications 
without which no business man can hope to be successful, 
so quickly is human nature attracted toward the man who 
is always pleasant and good humored. 

Both these gentlemen have become heavy property hold- 
ers. The past summer with them has been e.xceptionally 
good, and their prospects for a l)risk business during the 
coming winter and spring, are most promising. At present 
they are handling inside and acreage property, and are 
making a specialty of investing money in Tacoma realty 
for P^astern capitalists. Mr. Pinkham, through his numerous 
Eastern acquaintances, commands an almost unlimited 
amount of capital from savings banks, trustee and 
guardian funds, and the firm will in the near future 
organize a real estate mortgage and loan company in 
Tacoma, on a large scale, and commensurate with the 
deserts of both the gentlemen composing it Thus our 
city draws to itself clear-sighted men, who work lor its 
future greatness with a right good will. 




OFFICES OF I'INKIIAM .V UAl.KFK 



.Among the representative citizens of Tacoma few are 
more widely known or generally respected than Yj. N. 
Ouimette. Althougli at present an enthusiastic .American 
citizen, Mr. Ouimette first saw the light of day in St. Eus- 
tache, Canada, where he passed his earlier years. He was 
a graduate of the well-known university of his native town, 
and on finishing his collegiate course betook himself to 
commercial pursuits at the early age of eighteen years. As 
time passed on, and the ambitious youth develo|ied into a 
man of alert and vigorous intellect, he found the field about 
him all too restricted to afford exercise to his growing 
energies, and in the year 1865, he emigrated to Portland, 
where he engaged in the drygoods business. He remained 
there about four years, gaining business e.Kperience, and 
acquainting himself with the possibilities of the Pacific 
coast, and the new people among whom his lot was cast. 
At the end of that time the star of Olympia rose above the 

horizon, and among 
other wise men Mr. 
Ouimette " went for 
it there and then." 
He engaged in the 
same business, anti 
remained in the new 
town ten years, mak- 
ing himself a repu- 
tation for business 
integrity anil enter- 
prise, that rendered 
him a marked man 
in CO m m e r c i a 1 
circles in the rapidly 
growing 'Territory 
of \\'ashington. 

At the end of the 
decade Mr. Oui- 
mette, with his usual vigor and determination, made another 
migration, and finally arrived on the scene of his present 
successes, Tacoma. In 1884 he forecasted with unerring 
sagacity the future importance of the City of Destiny, and 
divesting himself of all other interests, threw himself heart 
and soul into the real estate and insurance business in 
'Tacoma. Since then his shrewdness, his knowledge of, and 
judgment in real estate, and his public spirit, have placed 
him in the foremost rank of our citizens. His handsome 
offices are daily thronged by the best class of investors; he 
is a director of one of the most important banks in 
'Tacoma, has plotted several of the most important addi- 
tions to the city; in short, he is among the first to push 
anv undertaking that pro'nises to advance the interests 
of his adopted city, and add to its stability. He has 
proved the wisdom of his choice, as also his e.xcellent 
foresight and judgment, and though still a t:ompar- 
atively young man, he has already carved out a career 
such as his fellow citizens may well point to with 
pride and envy, and endeavor to emulate, 



4^3 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



E, F. RUSSELL & CO. 
Real Estate and Minino Brokers. 




UDGE E. F. RUSSELL and his son Ever- 
ett F. Russell compose this firm. Both 
gentlemen are well known in Tacoma, antl 
along the Pacific coast. There is not a 
man upon the western slope of the dividing 
mountains who is better known as a mining 
man, and whose opinion on all appertaining thereto is more 
trusted, than that of Judge Russell. He has, during his 
thirty years' residence on the coast, devoted most of his 
time to mines and mining, and the working and reduction 
of all classes of ores. Li this last respect he has gained 
considerable fame as the inventor of the Russell Roasting 
Furnace for the reduction of rebellious ores. This class of 
furnace is now very generally used in all sections where 
ores of difficult reduction are found. 

Judge Russell has lived a greater portion of the thirty 
years of his residence on the Pacific coast at San Francisco, 
but he may also be termed an old-timer in Tacoina, for in 
the early days, long before the advent of the Northern 
Pacific R.iilroad into Washington, he invested largely in 
Tacoma realty, and also in other lands in this State; and he 
still retains possession of many of them. His faith in 
Tacoma is unbounded. For this reason, as well as because 
the mining outlook is much brighter in Washington than in 
any other State in the West, he came to the City of Destiny, 
and since his arrival here has carried on a very extensive 
business in the buying and selling of real estate, mines, 
coal, and timber lands for numerous customers. Without 
counting mines and coal lands, the firm of Russell iv: Co. 
have to-day for sale over $1,000,000 worth of property. 
Some of the heaviest realty transactions in Tacoma have 
been made through them, and all their transactions have 
had one termination, viz.: .\n advantageous transaction for 
the buyer and seller. This firm offers only first-class prop- 
erty for sale, and by this have made a success in business. 
Soon after his arrival on the coast, Judge Russell engaged 
extensively in the practice of law in the courts of Oregon 
and Washington Territory, living at the time in Oregon; 
but since 1870 he has devoted his whole attention to 
mining and real estate. 



THE ALKI REAL ESTATE CO. 



This corporation has its offices in rooms 4 and 5, Union 
Block. The company consists of H. F. Garrettson, presi- 
dent; Emmet N. Parker, secretary, and W. J. Werner, 
manager. Its chief business is the buying and selling of 
real estate for itself and on commission, and negotiating 
mortgages, loans and other securities. One of the choicest 
tracts of suburban property ever placed upon the market, is 
the Alki addition to Tacoma, located in the southern por- 
tion of the city. When the company placed this addition 
upon the market it was with the idea of offering a delightful 
location for suburban residents, and they have carried out 
their idea in a most thorough manner. The tract is situ- 



ated in the vicinity of the Tacoma and Fern Hill Street 
Railway, and the motor line is now being constructed 
through the center. Residents in the Alki addition, who 
purchased their lots when first offered, have secured cheap 
homes within a few minutes' ride of the business portion of 
the city, that are now worth double what they paid for 
them. The company has only been established since the 
iieginning of last March, but the reputation of the organ- 
izers was amply sufficient to assure the public of its reli- 
ability. The president and secretary. Col. H. F. Garrettson 
and Emmet N. Parker, are partners in law, and as counsel- 
lors in all legal matters, rank among t'le first of their pro- 
fession in the city. IVEr. Werner is comparatively a new- 
comer to Tacoma, but he is now well known as a thorough 
and reliable business man. His former home was in 
Wichita, Kan., in which place, as well as elsewhere, he has 
been engaged extensively in the real estate business. 

GLOYD & SPINNING. 



These well known gentlemen, whose offices are in the 
Merchants National Bank Building, constitute the oldest 
firm in Pierce County engaged in business as abstracters 
of land titles. Their books were opened by E. C. Pent- 
land of the firm of Hall & Pentland in 1883. The celebrated 
Thorn Numerical Tract Index is the system on which they 
are conducted. Mr. Frank H. Gloyd bought the books from 
Hall & Pentland in the month of February, 1884, and in 
March of the same year he formed a copartnership with \Vm. 
N. Spinning. 

Messrs. Gloyd & Spinning at first did a general real 
estate business as well as abstracting of titles, hut since 
18S7 have dro]3ped that, and now handle only their own 
property. This includes a building now in process of con- 
struction on the corner of Fifteenth and C streets, which 
will be four stories in height, with a frontage of sixty-five 
feet. This will be devoted to business purposes and contain 
three stores and thirty-nine offices. They also possess very 
considerable water-front property, and a large hop farm. 
Their main business, however, is as abstracters, and in this 
they do far more than any other firm in town. 

Mr. Gloyd was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, spent 
his boyhood in Illinois, and as a young man studied law in 
the office of a brother of Chief-Justice Waite in Ohio. 
Then he went to Kansas and reinained a year, came across 
the plain in a prairie schooner and landed in Oregon, where 
he rested another year, and then came here, where he made 
the success of his life, and settled down. 

William N. Spinning has the right to be called a true 
Washingtonian, as he was born in Chehalis. His father 
was a well known physician, and was several times appointed 
as Reservation Doctor by the Government. As a young 
man he studied law, but later on, desiring a more robust life, 
he became a farmer. Then he took a turn at scho(jl teach- 
ing. After this last experience he and his father went into 
the real estate business together. Four years later he ^nd 
Mr. Gloyd became partners, although he continued to re- 
tain his interest with his father until 18S7. 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



47 



ROSS & NAUBERT. 

Real Estate Brokers, Mason Block. 




districts of Tacoma, Lake City, a location with enchanting 

surroundings and bordering on American Lake, the finest 

sheet of fresh water in Western Washington. This town 

site will he connected with Tacoma by a railroad that is 

HERE is no better evidence of the faith now nearly completed. More particulars of this beautiful 

men have in the community in which they place will be found upon another page. 

do business than is to be found in the liber- .\nother very important enterprise in which these gentle- 

ality they display in making their places men are interested, especially Mr. Ross, is the construction 

of business inviting to their clientage. It of a wharf and warehou.se on the tide flats at the head of 

is not always, however, that a lavish ex- Commencement Bay, that portion of the city where several 

important industries enumerated in the article on the city 
at the beginning of this work, have been, and are being 
constructed. Some months ago Mr. Ross and his associates 
purchased forty-eight acres of this valuable land. They 
have now conceived the idea of biiikiing a wharf a mile and 

a quarter long 



penditure of money succeeds in attaining the object desired 
namely attractiveness. In addition to luxurious appoint- 
ments, there must be confidence on the part of the public 
in the sincerity of the welcome of those who extend the 
invitation. When the combination of luxurious surround- 
ings and good 




fellowship is 
happily insured, 
the object is at- 
tained. 

Messrs. Ross 
& Naubert,each 
the prince of 
good fellows, 
have the key- 
note in the de- 
coration of their 
splendid offices 
in the Mason 
Block, and situ- 
ated as they are 
on the corner of 
A and South 
Tenth streets, 
they hold the 
combination re- 
ferred to. Both 
gentlemen are 
thoroughly well 
known in Ta- 
coma. Mr. 
Frank C. Ross 
landed in the 
City of Destiny from Pittsfield, 111., on Christmas day, 1879, 
and has been engaged in the real estate business since 1882, 
handling only his own property until the present copartner- 
ship was formed, about eighteen months since. Mr. C. A. E. 
Naubert, a native of Montreal, Canada, on first coming to 
the Pacific coast located in Portland, Oregon, but saw the 
opportunities that Tacoma offered, and straightway came 
here. This was in 1S81. For five years after his arrival, 
Mr. Naubert was cashier of the Northern Paci.lc Railroad 
Company, and only left that important position to engage 
in his present business. 

Besides being owners and dealers in property located in 
the very best parts of the city, Messrs. Ross & Naubert, 
together with other prominent business men, have platted 
and are handling in one of the most picturesque suburban 



FFICF.S OF ROSS 4 NAUBERT. 



for the accom- 
modation of 
ocean going 
vessels. The 
necessary piling 
is now being 
driven. .Vt the 
end of the wharf 
a warehouse 300 
fcft in length, 
a n d p r o p o r- 
tionally wide is 
being construc- 
ted. These im- 
provements will 
be approachable 
from several 
points. The 
Northern Pacif- 
ic Railroad will 
build a branch 
line across the 
flats to the ware- 
house, and an 
immense bridge 
will open the 
wide arm of the 
Puyallup River from either Ninth or Tenth streets to 
the flats. The Northern Pacific is continually extending 
its docks for the accommodation of the ever-increasing 
trade that Tacoma is building up with all parts of the world. 
Outside of Tacoma Messrs. Ross & Naubert also have 
large interests. Mr. Rogs' gold, silver,^ copper ixnA ir<»i 
mines in the Cle Elum mining districts have alreadv'proved 
rich, and when the more extensive improvements that are 
soon to be made are completed, there is no reason to 
doubt that they will be the richest mines in the district. 
It is such men as Messrs. Ross & Naubert who have 
labored so earnestly to bring Tacoma to that destiny that 
she has attained, namely the metropolis of the Pacific 
Northwest, and who will be pointed to byfuture genera- 
tions as pioneers. 



48 



r A COMA ILLUSTRATED. 



GEO. W. TRAVER. 




HE RKPUTATldX OF THE GENTLEMAN wllOSC 

name forms the caption of this article is as 
famihar as a household word to residents of 
Tacoma, antl, in fact, to most of the inhab- 
itants of ^\'ashington Territory. He is en- 
gaged in business as a real estate and 
investment agent m the Fife Block, and it is a safe statement 
to venture that few, if any, offices in this city conclude so 
many important transactions in a given period of time, and 
of so varied a character. 

Mr. Traver, who settled in the City of Destiny, in the 
year 1882, is one of the citizens that Tacoma may well 
be jiroud to boast of possessing, for since identifying his 
interests with those of this city, he has done perhaps as much 
to forward its fortunes, blazon its advantages to the world, 
and develop and foster its financial' affairs, as any other one 
man who ever cast his lot among us. 

Mr. Traver is a typical ^Vestern .\merican, and could his 
life and career be written, it would be found to abound in 
exciting incidents and thrilling adventures, sufficient to set 
up a romance writer in material from which to grind out 
novels for a lifetime. He is one of the " old timers " in 
Oregon, and all the earlier residents of that State know him 
like a book, and would follow his lead like a flock of sheep 
after the bell-wether. He was a resident of California in 
its palmy days of prosperity, having been engaged in busi- 
ness in Alameda on a large scale antl with the most success- 
ful results. It may be mentioned in this connection that 
Mr. Traver is Commissioner of Deeds for Oregon, and that 
during the past vear he has been Commissioner and taken 
most of the depositions in regard to the Indian complica- 
tions at the Puyallup Reservation. It was, in fact, he who 
was mainly instrumental in bringing about the favorable 
consideration of their claims which was given to them by 
the United States Government through the Indian Depart- 
ment at Washington, D. C. 

On becoming a resident of Tacoma in 1882 Mr. Traver 
at once took rank, by virtue of his reputation and character, 
as one of the leading citizens of the then rapidly growing 
little town. His keen judgment and business acumen at 
once discerned the vast future possibilities of the City of 
Destiny, and his hand was forthwith put upon the throttle, 
and he has held the valves open ever since, keeping steam 
up in the engine and speeding the city of his adoption upon 
its course at a pace that few other engineers could have 
equaled. He has spent thousands and thousands of dollars 
in showing up the advantages of Tacoma to outside capital, 
and has sounded the fame of the city as far abroad as the 
Atlantic coast. 

The well known Traver's Addition was projected by Mr. 
Traver's fertile brain, and lias proved in every way one of 
the most successful and desirable locations ever added to the 
city. The property consists of about 40 acres of most ad- 
mirably situated land, and the lots, when put upon the 
market, sold like hot cakes to the most desirable class 
of purchasers. 



Mr. Traver has also been installed by E. Bennett, of 
Topeka, Kansas, as his agent and attorney in placing Hunt's 
Prairie upon the inarket. This is a beautiful tract of land 
in the southwestern suburbs of the City of Destiny. It has 
only been placed upon the market a comparatively short 
time, but has already attracted a vast deal of attention 
among speculators as well as that class of investors who play 
])rincipally for "keeps." In fact, this property maybe con- 
fidently recommended as containing some of the choicest 
lots now remaining open for purchase in the neighborhood 
of the fair city of Tacoma. In addition to these, however, 
Mr. Traver is interested in many other properties in the 
southern and western portions of the city, and, in fact, his 
keen eye and alert judgment are constantly on the lookout 
for the choicest bits, and those in the market for a real 
fancy, gilt-edged article cannot do better than allow them- 
selves to be guided by his judgment and experience. 

The elegant residence of Mr. Traver is one of the show 
sights of Tacoma, and among the earliest drives that a new- 
comer or visitor to the city is shown is that leading to " Oak 
Grove," as the happy possessor, with peculiar aptness^ has 
christened it. It is indeed led up to by one of the loveliest 
drives of four miles that imagination ever pictured, or eye 
gazed upon. The broad panorama embracing every scenic 
effect — rugged mountain, broad, smiling savannah, forests, 
rearing their lofty heads to the skies, clothed in living green, 
make the landscape one that ^V'hittier would yearn to depict. 
At the end of the lovely drive Oak Grove forms the fitting 
climax to the picture the feeble pen has vainly endeavored 
to put before the reader, 'i'he house is situated upon a 
gentle eminence embowered and enshrined in a grove of 
oak trees whose umbrageous propinquity suggested the 
name to the fortunate owner of this little paradise. The 
scene involuntarily suggests to the spectator the words of 
the grantl old hymn : 

'■ Where everything is lovely." 
and in this case not even " man is vile." 

The house is unobtrusive in its order of architecture, but 
so constructed that while the building completely and beau- 
tifully harmonizes with every feature of the surroundiuo- 
landscape, each convenience also with which modern science 
has equipped household affairs, is obtained in the complete 
menage. The picture that will be found of Oak Cirove 
among the residences of Tacoma, will give the reader a 
more complete idea of the entourage, and convince him 
that the homes being constructed are of a character which 
will lend permanence to the outlook. 

The commodious offices of Mr. Traver are in the well 
known Fife Block, as advantageous a situation as is prob- 
ably to be found in the city. .Any caller there will always 
find the courteous proprietor invariably ready to welcome 
him and give him the benefit of his ripe judgment and years 
of experience in real estate business, an experience which 
has taught him how to distinguish at a glance between the 
"paper" and "sand lots" of the town which is merely 
boomed as a money-making speculation, and the town 
which has come to stay, to be as it were a lasting monu- 
ment to energv. 



TACO MA ILL US TR A TE D. 



49 



JOHN C. BROCKENBROUGH, JR. 

Real Estate, Insurance and Loans — in Ri-.ak of 
Traders' Bank. 



mwA 



H?j steady xidvancc in 'I'acoma really during 
the past few years has brought within her 
gates a number of enterprising, bright bus- 
iness men. Prominent among tliem is Mr. 
lohn C Jirockenbrougli, Jr., who came 
from Lafayette, hidiana, last year, and 
he tiien decided on the City of Destiny as his future home. 

After care- 
fully reviewing 
the ground he 
made some in- 
vestments and 
embarked in 
the real estate, 
loan and insur- 
ance business, 
opening up the 
handsome of- 
fices where he 
is at present 
located, and on 
acount of his 
ability and in- 
tegrity his bus- 
iness soon as- 
sumed large 
proportions. In 
fire insurance 
he probably is 
doing the larg- 
est business in 
the city to-day, 
as he repre- 
sents the most 
prominent in- 
surance com- 
panies in the 
Lhi i o n . T h e 
sums of real 
estate transfers 
w h i c h have 
been transact- 
ed through his 
office, aggre- 
gate hundreds of thou.sands of dollars, while through his 
loan department he has invested over a quarter million 
of dollars of Eastern capital. His knowledge, both of 
the value of real estate and of the credit and solvency 
of borrowers, has given him a leading position in the city 
as a lender of money on real estate security. Through this 
department of his business many large and important trusts 
are confided to him, and it is a fact, perhaps without 
precedent in such a business, that of the many thousands 
of dollars loaned on mortgages by him, every one has 




FIFE HOTEL AND I'.I.orK. 



proved profitable to the investor, thus adding to his rep- 
utation for judgment and foresight. 

Experience shows that in addition t<i their thoroughly 
tested security, wisely chosen real estate mortgages yield a 
larger income than any other safe form of investment 
accessible to the people. The remarkably cool judgment 
displayed by Mr. Brockenbrough, in his selection of 
only the best loans, both in respect to the character and 
standing of the borrower, and the value of the property 
sought to be mortgaged as security, has procured for him a 
reputation which many might envy, and will undoubtedly 

very much in- 
crease his bus- 
iness in this 
deparlnu-nt. 

Mr. Brock- 
enbrough, al- 
though care- 
ful, has prov- 
en himself both 
far-sighted and 
energetic, and 
when he first 
settled here, he 
saw the chance 
ti) make some 
money on a 
tract of land on 
the south side 
of 'I'acomaand 
\v h i c h up to 
that time had 
not attracted 
much attention 
and he bought 
it. Portions of 
this tract were 
eligible for res- 
idence sites, 
and others ad- 
mirably adapt- 
ed for business 
blocks and for 
warehouses, by 
reason of their 
being adjacent 
to tlie tracks of 
the Northern 

Pacific Railroad. Mr. Brockenbrough's likeness will be 
found in our columns and he is, as will be seen, a young 
man; he however is (to use a rather coarse though expressive 
term), a hustler, and, although but a very short period in 
Tacoma, is well known to almost every man in the city: he 
is finely educated, a refined, gentlemanly, courteous and pol- 
ished man and withal modest: in combining these qualifica- 
tions with strict business integrity it is hardly to be won- 
dered at that he has been so successful. It will be seen by 
the cut that he and .Mr. Traver are in the same block. 



so 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



DES MOINES. 

TWELVE MILES FROM TACOMA. 



A CROWING VOl'NG CITV. 



The sun looks forth in glad surprise ! 

What miracle this that greets her eyes — 
Where yesterday Nature reigned supreme, 

A new-born city lies ! 

— Z<- Due. 




IIHE thought expressed in Jack Spratt and 
wife (the fable which is so well known to 
all children) conveys, like La Fontaine's 
falile poetry, a metaphor which to older 
persons appeals in more ways than one. 
It is a Godsend to humanity that the 
human thought is not always in the same channel, that our 
tastes differ, so like the "girouette" on the housetop; 
many persons are so wedtled to the rush, dash, and excite- 
ment of our large cities, and are so accustomed to them, 
that they would feel like strangers were they to commence 
a new life in a small and growing hamlet, even though at 
the end of the year the fruits of their exertions should be 
tenfold the amount of their accumulations in the city; there 
are others who for many reasons (of less means perhaps, or 
for the love of quietude, or the knowledge of their ability 
to economize more and accumulate faster in a pioneer 
town) prefer to place their fortunes in a young city like Des 
Moines. 

Leaving Taconia and steaming up the beautiful shores of 
Puget Sound, passing Point Brown, Ash Point and the little 
village of .\delaide, noting on every hand small clearings 
made in the timber, and fruit farms dotted here and there, 
we arrive after a charming sail of an hour at the young city 
of Des Moines, where a few months ago not even a building 
marked its present site. 

What a change the enterprise and energy of man can 
make in such a short space of time! .\s short a time ago 
as last July the town was located and platted by several 
gentlemen of Taconia. who, recognizing the natural advan- 
tages of the location for a harbor and town site, organized 
a company kn(j\vn as the "Des Moines City Improvement 
Co.," with a capital of |iioo,ooo; no time was lost in erecting 
a saw mill, and thus furnishing the building material for the 
requirements of new coiners; so rapid, in fact, has been the 
growth that Des Moines to-day has in addition to the saw- 
mill (which employs some twenty-five men, and has a 
capacity of 20,000 feet per day) ten substantial residences, a 
well-appointed general merchandise store, a schoolhouse, 
and about 880 feet of wharfage, the surface of which has 
required 200,000 feet of lumber. In addition to the im- 
provements already made twenty more houses are in course 
of construction. The firm of Young Bros, is about to open 
another store for general merchandise, a church is being 
built at a cost of $2,500; a brick yard employing forty men, 
and pottery works employing a like number, a shingle-mill 
employing twenty hands, anil with a capacity of 100,000 




shingles daily, and a sash and 
door factory, will all be running 
within a few months. A 
postoffice has been estab- 
shed, and a postmaster- 
ship in the person of 
Mr. J, F. Hiatt, a 
native of 
Indiana, 
who has 
for the 
past five 
3 years re- 
„ sided at 
^^ Tacoma, 
Tjut left it 
to e.stablish a gen- 
,."' ' ' 'eral merchandise busi- 

ness at Des Moines. Besides doing an extensive business 
Mr. Hiatt finds time to extend the courtesies of the town 
to all new-comers, and being a notary public, attends tc 
what legal matters are required. The Des Moines City 
Improvement Co. is building at a cost of about $5,000 a 
steamer which will make the trip to Tacoma (about twelve 
miles) twice a day in the space of one hour, including stops. 
Thus it is tliat Des .Moines has become a city almost in a 
night, and her location is such that she can hardly help be- 
coming a large place. Situated as she is in a quiet harbor 
midway between the two cities of Tacoma and Seattle, all 
vessels plying between these two cities pass Des Moines; 
in the immediate vicinity of it are islands where extensive 
potteries and brick yards are located ; these islands, as also 
Chatauqua Beach, obtain their supplies from Des Moines, 
while back in the clearings are some of the finest fruit- 
orchards, richest bottom lands covered with farms, where 
hops and all kinds of vegetables are raised; all this produce 
is marketed through, and supplies obtained from, Des 
Moines; the timber lands are of immense value, and are 
almost inexhaustible. 

As fast as this magnificent timber is cut, so fast appear 
beautiful fruit and other farms in its stead, and so the 
steady march of civilization wends its way through these 
giants of the forest, as the tilling of a naturally rich 
soil must of necessity build up immense cities, whose 
prestige shall be known from the East to the \\'est. 

For a beautiful resort none could be found superior to 
Des Moines, lying as she does on a gentle rise from the 
most beautiful sheet of water in the world, and with a fine 
view of the snow peaks of grand old Mount Taconia and ^ 
the Olympia Range. 

And above all, the climate, where the summers are never 
too warm, and the winters never too cold; where the fiowers 
bloom, and the grass remains green in the winter, and where 
nature thrives the year round; where the finest fishing in 
the world can be had by a few strokes of the oar; where 
game of all descriptions is plentiful, and where man's hand 
and brain are building up a beautiful young city in the 
midst of nature's sublimity. 



TACOJ/A I LLUSTRATED. 



SI 



REALTY LOAN AND INVESTMENT CO. 




HIS coniijany is situated in tiie Tacoma 
National Hank liuilding, Tacoma, and is 
organized with a capital of one hundred 
thousand dollars. The officers are as fol- 
lows: Charles M. Johnson, President; 
J. \V. Kleeb, Vice-President, and O. VV. 
Barlow, Secretar)- and Treasurer. 

The company does a general real estate and mortgage 
loan business, invests money for non-residents, and looks 
closely after the interests of its customers after the in- 
vestments have been made by them. 

Mr. Johnson, the president, came from .Vberdeen, Dakota, 
in November, 18S7 ; Mr. Kleeb, the vice-president, from 
Council Pduffs, Iowa, in February, 18S8, and Mr. Barlow, 
the secretary and treasurer, from Doland, Dakota, in 
December, 1888. In December, 1888, the company was 
organized, and considering the short time which has elapsed 
since then, the growth of the business shows a remarkable 
display of energy on the part of the incorporators. 

This business, which is of immense magnitude, may 
be said to have been confined principally to two places, 
Tacoma and Des Moines, and as we have devoted some 
space to the latter investment made by them, we will here 
finish up this sul>ject in as short a space as possible. 

The gentlemen forming the Realty Loan and Investment 
Company came into communication with Mr. Y. .\. Blasher, 
a resident of that now thriving young place ; recognizing 
the great importance of the location of Des Moines for 
not only a supplying station for the surrounding country, 
but a manufacturing and commercial town as well, they 
organized the Des Moines City Improvement Company 
with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, and elected 
the following officers : J. W. Kleeb, President ; F. A. 
Blasher, Vice-President, and (). W. ISarlow, .Secretary. A 
history of their movements from that time forth, and the 
unprecedented way in which the town is growing are given 
in our short review of the fair city of Des Moines, but it 
must be acknowledged that the gentlemen interested in this 
object certainly showed more than the average amount of 
foresightedness and pluck to assume such an undertaking. 
That they have been eminently successful is evinced by the 
growth and prosperity of this pioneer city, built up as it 
is by hewing the timbers which were its only adornment ; 
this, however, was necessary in the case of Tacoma. But to 
their business investments in this city. The Realty Loan 
and Investment Co. celebrated its advent in Tacoma by a 
purchase of two of the best known subdivisions adjoining 
the city limits of Tacoma ; these two additions are the 
Woodlawn, which lies due west on Eleventh street, and the 
Elmwood addition, which lies due southwest. The purchases 
were singularly successful ones, and this fact has been 
proved by the demand for lots in both subdivisions. They 
are of nearly the same size, and the Woodlawn contains si.\ 
hundred and seventy-two, while the Elmwood contains si.x 
hundred and thirty-four lots ; both additions have been 
divided off with streets eighty, and alleys forty feet in width ; 



the fact that they nearly adjoin one another, and that they 
are similarly situated, will suffice us to describe their loca- 
tion as one. In the first place it may be said that there are 
only two or three such peculiar locations adjoining Tacoma ; 
the drive to them is by way of the road to that Divine gift 
of nature, "American Lake," and it may be said that there 
is no more artistic and beautiful a drive in the country; it 
is the favorite one of the residents of Tacoma and where 
it passes through these additions presents a most picturesque 
vista on each side ; the eye notes that the land is singularly 
level, and that the hills and dales of many of Tacoma's 
subdivisions are not here ; and over the tree tops in the 
distance it lights upon the majestic, snow-capped peak of 
Mount Tacoma. 

Turning a little to the right one views the grade of the 
Lake C'ity Railway and Navigation Coinpany, where the 
tracks are now being laid, and where by February ist trains 
will be running to and from the lake, stopping each time at 
the Elmwood station, and thus making the trip to the busi- 
ness part of Tacoma in le-^s than ten minutes, and to -\merican 
Lake about the same time. Here, in this lovely as well 
as convenient spot, are situated the three residences of 
Messrs. Johnson, Barlow and Kleeb ; the very fact thai 
these gentlemen have located their homes and families here 
ought to be a sufficient guarantee to anybody that they 
have confidence in the sites which they possess ; all three 
residences will be viewed in our pages of the fine residences 
of 'I'acoma, and it will readily be seen that in point of 
beautv they w-ould adorn any Eastern city. 

Their position is nearer the business portion of Tacoma 
than .'Vmerican Lake, to which latter it is, however, only a 
short drive; this convenience of location must be seen to 
realize what a haven it is, and there are probably no visitors 
to Tacoma who have not in their drives to American Lake 
looked with lingering eyes on these charming residences 
and that of Mr. (leorge W. '['raver, which is only a few rods 
from them, comparing them with some fine Eastern homes 
and wondering who the happy possessors were. 

In addition to these investments, the company own a very 
considerable amount of inside property, and have shown 
a con.servative spirit in their investments. 

The headquarters of the Des Moines City Improvement 
Company are naturally in the offices of the Realty Loan 
& Investment Co., and all matters relating either to Des 
Moines or to the Tacoma properties of the company will 
be attended to at the offices as above; those residing in 
the far East can rely implicitly on the integrity of these 
gentlemen and the truth of their statements relating to the 
properties in question, as also all information which they 
furnish regarding realty. 

Personally one could not ask to meet with more courteous 
treatment than is received at the hands of the gentlemen 
composing the company ; all three are men of energy, dis- 
cretion, and withal imbued with true Western hospitality ; 
they are men who, while realizing that wealth brings might, 
are not willing to make themselves slaves to the mighty 
dollar, and so in retaining their own respect they are able 
to gain that of others with whom thev come in contact. 



52 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 




HE new State of Washington comprises an 
area as large as the combined area of 
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- 
chusetts, and Rhode Island. It is an em- 
pire within itself with its immense wealth 
of coal, iron, lime and gold, its immense 



There are to-day eleven banks in Tacoma, six of them 
national. There are in addition six building and loan asso- 
ciations. The schools and churches of Tacoma have a 
special interest. There are to-day eleven hundred build- 
ings in course of construction, at an estimated cost of two 
million dollars, and the building record for the year reaches 
about seven million dollars. The transfers for 1888 were 



timber lands, beautiful and fertile valleys, grand mountain 

ranges, ever flowing rivers, splendid fisheries, and above nine million, and for the past year about sixteen million 

and beyond all, its great inland sea, known as Puget Sound, dollars. 

rippling on nearly two thousand miles of shore, where all Meanwhile, the values of real estate have necessarily 

the ships of the world could fintl free sailing and good advanced with the growth and prosperity of the city. Lots 

anchorage three hundred and sixtv-five days of the year. on Pacific .\venue, which could be bought in 1882 for one 

All of these resources are tributary to the giant young thousand dollars (and were by many considered extremely 

city of Tacoma, known as the "City of Destiny." Tacoma high) would to-day bring twenty-five thousand dollars. 



was, in 1S80. the smallest city in the Puget Sound country. 
Her population at that time was seven hundred and twenty 
inhabitants. She has grown up step by step, passed in 
point of population all the other cities 
in the State, and is now fairly entitled 
to the sobriquet, " Queen City of 
Washington," in view of the fact that 
her population is variously estimated 
at from 30,000 to 35,000. 

The completion of the tunnel 
through the Cascade Mountains, in 
1887, made Tacoma the terminus of 
the Northern Pacific Railroad, and 
placed her in direct communication 
with St. Paul and the East The 
value of this was at once felt, and 
the growth of the city became very 
rapid, not only in population and 
wealth, but in all lines of import, 
export, mercantile business and manu- 
facturing. So great has been the ad- 
vance of all lines of business, and so 
rapidly has the city been built up, that 
the facts must be seen to be believed. 
Tacoma shipped during the year 1888 
twenty-nine cargoes of wheat, and 




D.ANIEL McGRECOR 



Thus it is no exaggeration to say that there have been 
fortunes made in buying realty in Tacoma for those who 
had the foresight and courage to buy and afterward the 
strength of conviction to retain their 
holdmgs. Natural resources, labor 
and capital are developing the city, 
and room has to be made for the in- 
creasing population and industries. 
Every residence and place of busi- 
ness has a tenant before it is ready 
for occupancy. 

With the foregoing facts before 
you, do you think that you can find 
a better field for investment than in 
the State of Washington and in Ta- 
coma, its chief city ? 

The undersigned has resided in 
Washington since 1881, has spent the 
last seven years in Tacoma, has seen 
Tacoma grow from a hamlet of less 
than one thousand inhabitants to its 
present population, is thoroughly con- 
versant with the growth and advan- 
tages of the city and State, and is 
familiar with the values of realty in 
Tacoma and Pierce county. His 



eighty-three million feet of lumber. During the past year business is real estate, loans and investments, and he 
it can be roughly estimated that three times that amount pays particular attention to investments for non-residents; 



of both commodities have been shipped from Tacoma. 
The great tracts of iron in the immediate vicinity, as well 
as coal, both hard and soft, has given a great impetus 
to the establishment of large iron works, while the best 
coke in the world is made in the city. The largest smelter 
for the reduction of ores on the Pacific coast has just 
been erected. 

The Northern Pacific Railroad Company is spending six 
million dollars in Tacoma in terminal facilities, depots and 
new shops; one and one-half million will be spent this year. 

The Tacoma Light and Water Company is enlarging its 
water and electric plants at an expenditure of three hundred 
thousand dollars, and the Tacoma Street Railway Company, 
of which Henry Villard is a prominent figure, is spending five 
hundred thousand dollars in cable and electric lines, and 
the construction of the finest motor house west of St. Paul. 



keeps constantly on hand a large list of busniess, residence 
and farm property; also acreage suitable for platting and 
several additions close to the city, on the installment plan. 
It is therefore safe to say that all investors, for both large 
and small amounts, can lind what they wish, and be sure 
of good returns for what they place here, in this magnifi- 
cent region. Those who haven't large amounts to invest 
can invest what they have, if only one or two hunilred 
dollars; while they are saying more, the amount invested 
will in all proliability grow faster than they can save up 
more to invest. 

The motto of my business is, "A square deal to all, 
and first come, first served." 

DANIEL McCiREtiOR, 
Real Estate and Investments, 

1346 Pacific Are. Tacoma, Washington. 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



S3 



R. E. ANDERSON & CO. 




is probable that there are other firms in 
the city of Tacoma that do more business, 
hut it is certain that none have a better 
reputation for strict attention to matters 
confided to their care than the pushing 
youny firm of R. E. Anderson & Co., 
Investment and Loan Brol<ers, located at 920 A Street, 
just opposite the Tacoma Hotel. Trained in the con- 
servative business centers of the East, both Mr. .Vnck-rson 
and Mr. Carman, the other member of the firm, are fully 
qualified to act intelligently for the best interests of those 
who seek their advice and counsel: and from the unvarving 
courtesy and business tact invariably shown by this firm to 
its callers, it is a matter of very little surprise that it is 
securing so large a share of the patronage of investors and 
dealers in Tacoma securities and real estate. 

It goes without saying that no better paying investments 
can be had than those offered who intend 
locating in this city of progress and en 
terprise, and a cursory glance at the 
many great bargains on the list 
of improved as well as unim- 
proved properties for sale by 
R. E. Anderson & Co., demon- 
strate the fact that they should 
be consulted by the close and 
careful buyer desirous of get- 
ting all that there is in a sale 
or purchase. .\s loan brokers 
they offer for sale first mort- 
gage real estate loans drawing 
eight per cent, interest pay- 
able semi-annually, and run- 
ning from one to five years. 
There is nothing better or 
safer, for the loans are made 

upon improved inside property in the city of Tacoma, and 
in no case is more than forty per cent, of the cash value of 
the security loaned. 

A scarcely less desirable investment furnished by them is 
a first mortgage loan on inside unimproved property 
drawing nine per cent, interest payable semi-annually, and 
running from one to three years. Mr. .Anderson's experi- 
ence in the making of loans in the East has been such as 
to guarantee to the investor that his business will be care- 
fully looked after from a safe and conservative basis. The 
best of reference is furnished from Philadelphia, New 
York, ]Jes .Moines and Tacoma. 

Strangers are always cordially received at their office, 
conveniently located directly opposite the Tacoma Hotel, 
and whether they wish to invest or not, they will be shown 
about the citv, and objects of interest they have never 
dreamed of as existing in this city, and which they them- 
selves might neglect, will be shown to them with pleasure. 
No mistake can ever be made in looking up this firm by 
visitors to the "City of Destiny." 



ORCH.\RD &; OPIE. 

Rk.u. Est.\te Huuuiir .\xi) Sui.n, I.wEsr.MEXTs made 
FOR Non-Resiuexts. Office in Re.vr of Mer- 

CH.'VNTS' N,\TIO\.\I, li.WK. 




The rapid growth of Tacoma has been followed by a 
great advance in the prices of residence property, and so 
great has been this advance that it is practically impossible 
for men of moderate means to purchase homes near the 
business center. Such per.sons mu.st secure a building site 
in some of the many eligibly located additions, among 
which are found the Hosmer's addition, only fifteen min- 
utes' ride over the Fern Hill Motor line, trains running 
through this addition every hour to the grand Wapeto Lake 
Park, following Orchard's first, second and third addition. 
Ferry's addition, and Opie's Tacoma avenue addition. 

These gentlemen are doing a very extensive real estate 
business, and also invest or make loans for non-residents. 
Mr. Orchard has been a resident of Tacoma about fifteen 

years, and is an authority on, 

as well as dealing largely in 
real estate; he is interested in 
a large number of enterprises 
in this city, and has also been 
identified with tlie Merchants' 
National Bank ever since its 
organization. 

Mr. W. H. Opie, of the firm, 
has resided six years in Ta- 
coma, having been teller of 
the Merchants' National Bank 
during that period until Jan- 
uary I, 1889, when he resigned 
his position there to engage in 
tlie present business. \\t be- 
speak for these gentlemen a 
successful business as they are 
reliable men, and have the con- 
fidence and best wishes for success of the entire com- 
munity. They refer by permission to any bank in the cil\-. 



T.vcoM-A, Washington. 

Dear Sir: — I'his means you. If you are not a resident 
of this grand and glorious Northwest, it means vcii very 
emphatically. Why.' Well, this is as a land yet undiscov- 
ered; that is, its resources, rich in timlier, coal, iron, gold, 
silver and agricultural products, that the man " back East " 
has no conception of. Washington, the youngest and rich- 
est State in LIncle Sam's domain, demands and is attrac-ting 
the attention of the world. Tacoma, the "Citv of Des- 
tiny" — "The (iem of the Pacific Northwest" — whose 
marvelous growth astonishes all new comers, wants you for 
an investor and resident, and assures you rich returns. We 
have city and suburban property we can guarantee will ad- 
vance from 50 to 200 per cent, the next year. Bi/v in time. 
We wish to see you. Respectfully, Frvh & Mills. 

Real Estate and f.oaii Brokers, Ccr. i^t/i ami Paeifie Ave. 



54 



TACOAIA ILLUSTRATED. 



CHESTER F. GRIESEMER, 

Real Estate and Loans. 




HE subject of this article, Mr. Ciiester F. 
Ciriesemer, although one of the compara- 
tively recent comers to the " City of Des- 
imy," has met with marked success, and 
occupies a standing in the front ranks of 
Tacoma's most distinguished citizens. 

Mr. Griesemer first saw the light of day in the year ICS50, 
at Philadelphia, and in his early days of manhood settled 
himself in that city in the jobbing business. 

I!ut for a business trip to the fair city of Tacoraa, in the 
year 1S88, he would probably have still been in the Quaker 
city; Mr. Griesemer, however, had been a great traveler, and 
having for a great many years trav- 
eled through the leading States of 
the Union from the .\tlantic to the 
Pacific coast, he had by experience 
acquired a knowledge of the points 
of advantage held by one city over 
another in regard to location, sur- 
roundings, resources, terminal facili- 
ties and public spirit of its citizens 
as well as the Iwna-fidc values of real 
estate; he was therefore characteris- 
tically quick to grasp the situation in 
Tacoma ; he foresaw the vast field of 
success unfolding to a man of pluck 
and energy on Puget Sound; he noted 
the many advantages of Tacoma as 
the center of all the vast resources of 
this part of the country; he foresaw 
that from her advantageous site at 
the head of the Sound, and as the 
terminus of the Northern Pacific 
Railroad it was only a question of 
time when she must become not 
only a great manufacturing city, but 
a great foreign shipping point, a 
point of distribution for the surrounding country, and a 
great financial center. 

Naturally Mr. Griesemer's extensive acquaintance, reach- 
ing from the man of millions to the thrifty clerk and me- 
chanic, gives him in his present vocation as real estate 
broker a great advantage over competitors many years 
older ill the business, particularly from the fact that back of 
his own shrewd judgment he has the practical experience of 
one of the notable and well-nigh infallible retired real estate 
men of Tacoma. 

Mr. Griesemer does not confine himself to his office desk, 
but keeps up with the times in looking around for advan- 
tageous locations; in this he shows great judgment by the 
investment in eligible locations of money intrusted to his 
care; he is especially cautious in the purchase of realty for 
absent patrons, and the value of his selections may be readily 




CHESTER F. GRIESEMER 



constantly sent him from the East for investment as he 
thinks best. He has been quietly accumulating some valu- 
able tracts of realty which will be put on the market in the 
near future at figures so reasonable that the man of even 
small means may find a way of doubling his investment in 
a very short period. This is aside from the fact of his hav- 
ing the sole agency of some very fine properties about 
being platted. 

Thus it is that his predictions are being fulfilled even 
faster than his most sanguine expectations could have 
asked, and by his energy antl tact he has accomplished 
more in the short space of time he has been a resident of 
Tacoma, and has built up a larger business than could have 
been expected in an Eastern city, in the space of ten or 
twenty years; but b-hiiul all this there are reasons for his 
success which are not confined alone to his energy and tact. 

Our subject is in the first place a 
man of education, natural refinement 
antl courtesy, three qualifications 
which are appreciated everywhere; 
then, again, he is full of ambition 
and loves his new home, and it is 
generally conceded that a man must 
enjoy his home to be successful in it. 
Last, but by no means least, he is in 
love with his work, and when a man 
combines other good qualifications 
with a thorough enjoyment of the 
business which employs his time, he 
is almost sure of success in the pur- 
suit of his vocation; it never tires 
him, and he is able to give it the 
careful attention required to insure 
success anywhere in these days. 

As a public-spirited cit zen the sub- 
ject of this sketch is by no means 
lacking. Appreciating the fact that 
it is the duty of every citizen to pro- 
mote the welfare of his city, he does 
not forget those duties in his zeal for 
his business; knowing that his in- 
terests and those of 'J'acoma are identical, he is always 
willing to assist in all public enterprises, and forward 
everything that will combine to make his home fulfill all 
that her proud name, ''the City of Destiny," implies. 

In concluding our sketch of Mr. Griesemer it may not be 
out of place to refer briefly to this broad public-s|iirited 
policy. It seems to be a natural gift to Tacoma that so 
many of her citizens pursue such a liberal polic_v. Every 
stranger visiting the city and properly presenting himself, is 
shown the greatest courtesy by every one with whom he 
comes in contact, and nowhere, when the interests of the 
city are involved, is there any set of men who more un- 
tiringly devote their time and money to the cause of prog- 
ress than do a certain number of men in Tacoma. Of 
course, this is to be found more or less in every city, but it 
has been the writer's experience that it is more far-reaching 



realized from the fact that very large amounts of money are here than elsewhere. 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



SS 



CHARLES FOX. 




|HARLES fox, the real estate broker, of 
915/-' Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, is well 
known as one of the most reliable business 
men in the city. Although he only ap- 
peared upon the scene in Tacoma in 1888, 
over l|r,ooo,ooo worth of property has al- 
ready passed through his hands, and he has successfully 
put upon the market some of the largest additions to 
the city. He is the personification of business integrity, 
and promoters of wildcat schemes or those who seek to dis- 
,pose of properties that have not solid, legitimate value, are 
very careful to avoid display- 
ing 'their wares to his keen- 
eyed inspection. 

By conducting his inisiness 
in this perfectly straightfor- 
ward and aboveboard manner, 
he has succeeded in gaining 
the entire confidence of the 
business community among 
which he transacts his affairs. 
Very few men have had a 
more extended and diversified 
experience in the real estate 
field than the gentleman who 
is the subject of this article. 
He was born in the State of 
Ohio, and to escape being made 
a political office-holder - a con- 
tingency that early confronts 
all Ohioans — he made his es- 
cape from this place of his 
nativity when he was only 
eighteen, and settled in St. 
Louis, determining to let \w^ 
feet grow among the Missoui- 
ians. He remained in that city 
for ten years, when he made 
a new move, and settled in 
Wichita, Kan. He went exten- 
sively into real estate at that 
point, and became very widely 

known as an active and energetic business man. Later 
on we find him settled in Los Angeles, Cal., in the 
palmy days of that city. Here, again he made his mark, 
and added to his knowledge of real estate affairs on 
the Pacific coast. His last move was, as has already been 
stated, to come to Tacoma in 1888, his power of organi- 
zation, grasp of detail, and infinite fertility of resource, 
at once announcing to his wondering competitors that 
another Richmond was in the field. He deals mainly in 
the choicest sites for residence and business property, 
and intending purchasers seldom leave his office without 
being gratified to their heart's content. His extensive insur- 
ance interests also take up a share of his time and attention. 
He is the agent for several of the most reliable Eastern 



companies, and is valued by them as one of their most 
energetic deputies. Mr. Fox's social qualities are as varied 
and universal as his business abilities, and his friends, which 
term includes inost all of his acquaintances, are as number- 
less as the sands of the seashore. 



HANSEN BROTHERS & CO. 

Dealers in Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Sil- 
verware, ETC., 912 Pacific Avenue. 



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he above firm is composed of Messrs. Theo. W. Hansen 
Albert Hansen both of whom were formerly residents 
of California; their first ven- 
ture in business in tiie Puget 
Sound country was at Seattle, 
where they opened in their 
present line of business some 
seven years ago, and where they 
to-day have the finest line of 
jewelry in the city; being alive 
to tile importance of Tacoma 
as the terminus of the North- 
ern Pacific Railroad, they open- 
ed a store July i, 1888, iu 

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JI^H- :fc;=r" r^ai (Hate and unqualified success; 

another branch will soon be 
opened at Spokane Falls by 
this enter|5rising firm, so that 
they will then cover the three 
largest cities in Washington. 

Although Hansen Bros. & 
Co. keep the finest lines of 
diamonds, watches and jewelry 
of all descriptions, they make a 
great specialty of optical goods 
and the fitting of all defects 
in eyesight; they are also the 
agents of the celebrated Stein- 
way & Sons', and Knabe, as 
well as nearly all the celebrated 
makes of pianos, and organs. 



THE TACOM.N CR.VCKER COMIWXY, 
OF 938 C STREET, are manufacturers of all kinds of fancy 
biscuits, crackers, siiip bread, etc., etc. This concern pos- 
sess ample capital, and have equippeti their large and com- 
modious building with the latest improved machinery. 
Under the able direction of Mr. William Reid, who over- 
sees the manufacturing department, a (piality of goods is 
turned out that cannot be excelled anywhere. Mr. W. W. 
Sly. well known to the inhabitants of Tacoma, is the respon- 
sible manager, and Ed C. Morgan, treasurer. 

The company has only been in existence a few months, 
but the enterprise is meeting with gratifying success, and 
bids fair in the future to become one of the most suc- 
cessful institutions of the city. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



BOERINGER & ANDERSON, 



SMITH & TEMPLE, 
Rf.ai. Estatk AM) Financial Agents, 916 Pacific Ave. 



FORMERLY OF 1007 A STREET, 



NOW LOCATED IN THK 



NEW THEATRE BUILDING 

At No. 2, 



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.\ well known and enterprising firm of 'I'acoma is the 
above, wiiich is composed of Mr. ^^■ard T. Sniitli, a native 
of Shelbiirne Falls, Mass., and Mr. W. .S. Temple, formerly 
from Boston, Mass.; the former after having been some 
fifteen years a resident of St. Lcniis, came to Tacoma in 
February, i88cS, while Mr. Temple has been in Tacoma less 
than a year. 

Notwithstanding the short period which they have spent 
at Tacoma these gentlemen have been verv successful, and 
their operations in real estate have been remarkably large; 
they have platted some very fine additions to Tacoma, and 
so improved them that tliey have met with ready sales, which 
have been profitable investments to the purchasers. They 
at present are the sole, agents for the following named de- 
sirable properties: South Tacoma addition to Tacoma; 
Smith's addition to Tacoma; Clover Lea addition to 
Tacoma, and the Violet Meadow addition to Tacoma. 

The latter addition is one of the grandest for sightliness 
and beauty yet offered to investors in Tacoma realty; it is 
due south from the center of the city on a high level prairie 
commanding fine views of the snow-capped Olympian 
range, and of Mount Tacoma. It is five blocks from 
Tacoma Avenue E.xtension, and four blocks from the l''ern 
Hill Motor Line, now partially built and operated, and be- 
ing constructed due south toward this addition as fast as 
men and money can do it. 

The addition is a short distance onlv from the wcll- 
know-n $10,000 F'ern Hill schoolhouse, already completed. 



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ARTHUR L. SMIl H, 

.VkCHriKCT, 

has his offices at 1340 Pacific .Vvenue. Mr. Smith is well 
worthy of mention among the architects of Tacoma, as a 
gentleman not only of ability, but of long and varied expe- 
rience in his prc)fession. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., 
and was intended from his childhood for an architect, by 
his father, who was one of the prominent men in that pro- 
fession, in St. Louis. Therefore, at an early age he put his 
son as apprentice, with one of the largest builders in the 
city, and wisely inculcated in him a practical knowledge of 
building, that has materially aided in .giving him his present 
reputation. After he had thoroughly mastered the ground- 
work, young Smith went into his father's office, and per- 
fected himself in architecture. Since then he has become a 
well-known man, and has designed many fine buildings, and 
superintended their construction, both in the East and the 
West. 

The well-known California ISlock on I'acific Ave., owned 
by David Wilson, of which we present a cut, was erected by 
Mr. Smith. This building, which is of stone and pressed 
brick, speaks for itself, and the interior arrangements com- 
pare favorably with anything to be found in Chicago, 
or on the Eastern seaboard. The Gross Bros, block w\as also 
designed and built by Mr. Smith. 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



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WALTERS & CO 




per acre; barley, 40 lo 55 bushels per acre; oats, 50 to 65 
bushels ])er acre; potatoes, 350 to 600 bushels per acre; 
Mtliough one of the most timothy hay from one and one-half to three tons per acre. 



recent firms in this line to 
establish themselves in the 
city of Tacoma, their com- 
modious office on the c(jrner 
of South Tenth and A streets 
immediately o[)posite the Ta- 
coma Hotel, is already recoj,'- 
nized as one of the leading 
centers for real estate trans- 
actions in the city. 



The entire northern half of the county (Kittitas) of which 
EUensburgh is the seat of government and commercial 
center, is a timbered mineral belt, in which most valuable 
coal, iron, copper and other mining interests have l)een 
developed. At the Roslyn coal mines thirty miles from 
EUensburgh, some fifteen hundred tons of excellent bitu- 
minous coal are mined daily, and additional openings are 
being made. In and about the coal mining regions a 
population of some three thousand jieople has been estab- 



lished, contributing largely to the trade of EUensburgh, 

Formerly Walters & Co.'s and affording a very excellent market for the local agricul- 

principal place of business tural productions. 

was at EUensburgh, the cen- The several varieties of commercial iron ores are found 

"• '■ ^^-^LTERs. tral city in the State of Wash- in abundance, and exploration of the iron mines is being 

ington, which is one hundred and twenty-seven miles east actively pushed. .\ limited sujjply of lime and other 

of Tacoma, where they were known as the pioneer and valuable fluxes is to be found in the immediate vicinity. 



leading people of that town in 
real estate, mines and loans. 

The particular line of busi- 
ness policy pursued by this 
firm, and the o])inion enter- 
tained by them touching the 
real estate values of the 
Northwest, are very [ilainly 
set forth in the following 
interview had with Mr. Wal- 
ters, the managing partner 
the firm. 

'1\) the writer, Mr. Wal- 
ters .said: "We established 
ourselves in EUensburgh in 
advance of the construction 
of the Northern Pacific Rail- 
road to that point. We saw 
in its local surrcuindings dor- 
mant value-yielding qualifica- 
tions from the development 
of which the upbuilding of 
immense community interests 
must surely result." Around 
EUensburgh are over joo miles of productive farming lands; 
every staple agricultural prt)duct peculiar to the Middle 
and Northern States is here most successfully grown. 
Diversified farming and diversified live stock growing is 
also possible in a highly profitable degree. The climatic 
conditions are such that outdoor work may be carried on 
fully ten months of the year. Irrigation is necessary to 
secure the fullest possible yield per acre, but the contour of 
this agricultural area is such, that, once fairly established, 
the system is not only inexpensive, but is wonderfully 
remunerative, fnun the fact that a full yield is assured 
each year, and by this artificial aiil, lands may be ren- 
dered fit for plowing, except when frozen, throughcjut the 
entire year. The principal crops grown for shipping to 
outside markets yield as follows; Wheat, 30 to 50 bushels 




KESIDEN'CE ON CM'ITOL HILL, ELLKNSIURCH. 



Timber is so plentiful and 
easy of access that the manu- 
facture of charcoal iron may 
profitably be carried on for 
a great many years. Careful 
investigation has determined 
that pig iron may be made at 
EUensburgh at not to exceed 
fifteen dollars per ton ; as 
that staple commodity costs 
twenty-eight dollars and up- 
ward, net cash, per ton in the 
Pacific Coast markets, the 
establishment of at least one 
blast furnace immediately at 
EUensburgh may confidently 
be expected. In the wake of 
a blast furnace will naturally 
follow the rolling mill, nail 
factories, foundries, boiler 
works and various other iron 
working domestic industries. 
'I'his latter fact of itself will 
double EUensburgh's present 
population of five thousand within one year from the date 
the blast furnace is started up; a proportionate increase 
in general values will naturally result. 

Gold mining has been successfully carried on within twenty- 
five miles of p:ilensburgh during the past ten years. By 
the introduction of better methods, the amount of gold 
extracted, and profit per miner employed increases each 
year. From the placer mines some very handsome speci- 
mens are taken ; only recently a nugget of native gold 
weighing some twenty-five ounces was found. The gold 
mining industry yields each year an increasing amount of 
business to EUensburgh's commercial sum total. 

North and east of EUensburgh, extending clear up to 
the British line this mining area continues, being broken 
here and there by fertile agricultural valleys lying on every 




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side of the various mountain streams, and a continuous 
chain of settlements now exists along the entire eastern 
base of the Cascade Range. In Okanogan Countj, just 
fouth of the boundary line, two thousand men are engaged 
in the prospecting and development of what are known as 
the Conconnully silver mines. These mines having suc- 
cessfully passed through three years' exploration have an 
established rejiutation, and capital is being engaged in 
their equipment and development for extensive working, 
.\ line of steamboats owned by Tacoma capitalists, secures 
the principal trade of these mines to Ellensburgh, and 
the Ellensburgh & North Eastern Railway, ten miles 
of which is already built, will speedily be pushed into 
the mines, thus permanently securing the rapidly increas- 
ing traffic to Ellensburgh. The same railroad will next 
year form an intersection with the Washington Central 
and Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern in the heart of 
the Big Bend wheat fields, thus enabling the Northern 
Pacific to shorten its route across the continent some 
ninety miles, and securing to Ellensburgh a large per- 
centage of business from the country east of the Co- 
lumbia. The local and adjacent trade possibilities of 
Ellensburgh are very greatly strengthened by the position of 
the city with reference to the trade centers of Puget 
Sound; being but one hundred and twenty-five miles 
from Tacoma, Ellensburgh's agricultural exports and 
commercial imports are naturally by way of that city. 

The real growth of Ellensburgh dates from the com- 
pletion of the Northern Pacific in iS86; then a hamlet 
of some six hundred inhabitants, it has now over five 
thousand population. The county acreage broken up^ 
capital invested in various lines of business, and every 
natural factor in the community make-up, practically 
doubles each year. The character of the local population 
and confidence had by them in the city is clearly evident 
in the manner in which it is being rebuilt. The entire 
business quarter, comprising some twenty acres, was 
completely destroyed by fire on the evening of July 4th 
of this year. Over two million dollars' worth of prop- 
erty was destroyed. The work of rebuilding was imme- 
diately begun, fire limits were extended, the construction 
of anything but brick, iron or stone buildings was ab- 
solutely prohibited, and the most unshaken confidence 
in the future of the city was in every way displaved. 
Since Jul y 12th, over twelve million two hundred and 
forty thousand brick have been delivered from the local 
yards. 

'I'hird, Fourth, Eifch, Sixth, Main, Pearl and Pine streets 
are already practically rebuilt with first class two and three 
story bricks. Most remarkable of all attendant features, 
perhaps, is the fact that not a sheriff's sale or assignment 
followed the fire, and another important index to the esti- 
mate in which Ellensburgh values are held is evidencd by 
the fact that building loans were readily secured from 
Eastern companies at lowest rates of interest and upon the 
highest percentage of valuation ever allowed in a city of 
like size. No useful or ornamental metropolitan feature 
was considered too good for Ellensburgh by her enterpris- 



ing citizens. .\ splendid electric light system and fine 
waterworks have already been established; the principal 
streets are macadamized, and an excellent system of sewerage 
is being constructed. A street railway system will undoubt- 
edly be introduced next year. The various religious de- 
nominations are well represented; by reas(jn of its geo- 
graphical position, Ellensburgh is very aptly called Wash- 
ington's central city, and owing to its accessibility, more 
than three-fourths of the annual assemblages of the various 
political, religious and fraternal organizations are now held 
at that city. The same facts will lead to the location of 
the seat of government at Ellensburgh when removed from 
Olympia, and a forty acre park has been proffered to the 
State government as a gift for State capitol uses should 
the removal occur. Meanwhile, although perfectly willing 
to accept the capitolian honors, the citizens of Ellensburgh 
do not base any of their business estimates or undertakings 
upon any State capital possibilities. Splendid agricultural, 
mining, manufacturing and shipping possibilities are the 
corner stones upon which their prosperity is based. It is 
a common expression, that go where one may, they will 
not be able to find a more prosperous population of equal 
number to that of Kittitas County, taking into account 
what each person had to start with, the long distance from 
steam shipping (150 miles) prior to the completion of the 
railroad, and the fact that Ijut two grain crops have yet 
been exported. Nothing like a real estate boom ever hav- 
ing occurred in the county, both city and county values 
are moderate, and a broad margin of profit is full\- assured 
to the intelligent investor in either Ellensburgh or surround- 
ing countv property. 

WALrilRS * CO., IN TACOM.\. 

Touching Tacoma, Mr. \\'alters said: "Last year I spent 
some six weeks about the hotels in this city and went away 
without buying anything, my impression being that every- 
thing quoted was too high. I could not have shut my eyes and 
made a purchase offered without being able at this time to 
realize a profit of 75 to 100 per cent. What I think now is 
based upon somewhat more extended investigation. Fully 
aware that between the summit of the Cascade Range and 
the head of Commencement Bay there are diversified natural 
resources fully equal to the upbuilding of a greater city than 
the Tacoma of to-day, and having discovered that within 
thirty minutes' journey in any given direction from the city 
a practically undisturbed forest is reached, I am convinced 
that no adequate estimate of the actual wt)rth of Tacoma 
realty can at this time be formed, and when the great 
wealth of natural resources of Central Washington natu- 
rally tributary to this city is taken into account in connection 
with her local and shipping advantages, I believe that for 
a great many years to come her statisticians with each suc- 
ceeding year will feel called upon to apologize for their 
under-estimates of the last preceding." 

In Tacoma as in Ellensburgh, Walters iS: Co. have made 
a leading feature of the purchase and subdivision of large 
acreage tracts immediately in the line of the greatest 
growth of the city. Long experience in this particular 



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channel has enabled them to discern while values were 
merely nominal, the popular tendency of purchasers. 

They have thus been enabled to secure themselves and 
their patrons against every possibility of loss, while the 
resultant profits have been very satisfactory. Business 
centers in these growing Western cities may for a certain 
time be diverted from one locality to another, but desirable 
acreage where the population not only of cities but of 
counties is doubled annually, is certain ultimately to be 
included within the magic circle. 

To this firm belongs the undoubted honor of introducing 
to public attention. East Tacoma. Discovering that lands 
adjacent to the Fuyallup Reservation immediately across 
the bay from this city were held at a less price per acre 



for the construction of large ocean docks and e.\tensive 
milling and manufacturing establishments at the head of the 
bay and extending toward the east side as far as possible 
toward the Reservation, thus justifying the conclusions at 
which Walters & Co. had arrived, to the effect that the 
great manufacturing and shipping industries of Tacoma 
must ultimately surround the entire head and the eastern 
side of the bay, and cause East Tacoma property, even 
though a small strip of the Reservation might temporarily 
intervene, to advance rapidly in value, by reason of its con- 
venience for the establishment of homes. 

Purchasing this acreage at nominal figures, they are 
enabled to make popular prices. To use one of their trite 
advertising e.xpress.ons, they believe an East Tacoma %2,t„ 




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than were ordinary building lots an equal distance from the 
water front on this side of the bay, they proceeded to 
purchase and bond a large area of very favorably condi- 
tioned land overlooking in part the city, the Bay and the 
Sound, splendid views of both Mount Tacoma and the 
Coast Range being afforded. This property has been 
platted, and is now on sale. Public opinion having long 
conceded that upon the opening of the Reservation the 
entire east side would immediately be built up, A\'alters & 
Co. wisely anticipated this happening by taking the pre- 
liminary steps. That the movement is a popular one is 
evidenced by the fact that an entire addition of East 
Tacoma lots was sold from the plat before the ground 
could be subdivided. Immediately ujjon the beginning of 
this undertaking, contracts were immediately let h\ the 
Commencement Bay Improvement and other com])anies 



;$44 or $75 lot to have a $330, $440 or $750 future, and 
that with the splendid progress attained by Tacoma proper 
lying in full sight of East Tacoma as a guarantee of its 
future, an increase of fully one hundred per cent, per 
annum for several years to come, may safely be e.xpected 
b\- purchasers of East Tacoma property at the nominal 
prices of to-day. Already an advance of 75 per cent, has 
taken place in acreage adjacent to the East Tacoma plats, 
and the occurrence of any one of several very probable 
happenings will send East Tacoma values up fully one 
thousand per cent, in a trice. 

The ^Vest side water front being wholly occupied by the 
jiresent railroads, the several transportation lines now buikl- 
ing this way will be obliged to occupy the East Tacoma 
water front, either by purchase, lease or condemnation of 
that portion of the Reservation lands, and tlie moment 




(2) HOF FARM. 



(I) <,T. GEORGE TNOUSTRIAI, ACADEMV. ESTAHI.I5HED iSSS f \ CT T A POM A 

^ VIEWS AT AND NEAR EASl TACUJVIA. 



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that ground may be broken along the East shore, another 
of Walters & Co.'s expressive utterances to the effect that 
the greatest real estate advance that the world ever saw will 
one day occur in East Tacoma, will be practically realized. 

That East Tacoma is not wholly an undeveloped region 
at this time mav be gleaned from the several illustrations 
and particularly that of the St. George Industrial Academy, 
at which all branches of English language and various 
industrial arts are taught. Sister Helena from the Mother 
House at Glenn Riddle, Delaware County, I'a., is imme- 
diately in charge. The society owns i6o acres of valuable 
land, and will make this school a leading educational feature. 

Maps, prices and anv information desired touching real 
estate or loans will be promptly furnished by this firm. 

In conclusion, we desire to say that Mr. Walters' state- 
ments have been made con.servativelv and in the case of 



both Ellensburgh and East Tacoma he has treated the sub- 
jects entirely without exaggeration: the visitor cannot fail 
to notice the grand location, transportation facilities and 
natural and as yet almost undeveloped resources of Ellens- 
burgh. In linking the destinies of this city in certain ways 
to those of Tacoma, Mr. Walters has shown wisdom and 
foresightedne.ss and his experience in real estate and mining 
matters is such that his opinion is greatly sought fur and 
worth having. 

'I'here is no doubt as to the fulfillment of his predictions 
concerning East Tacoma; there is no question to-day in 
the mind of any one acquainted with the location of the 
reservation opposite Tacoma proper as to its being opened 
within a very short period; and when this is done, the map 
before us shows conclusively how it must affect P2ast Ta- 
coma, which is to-day progressing so fast on its own merit.s. 




A, Zeese & Co., fngr's, Ctth 



SOCND .-VND OCE.W DOCK?. 2. COAI. BIINKEKS. 3. WHE.\T EI.KV.\TnRS, 4, GREAT TACOMA MILLS, 5. STEAMSHIP DRV POCK. 

6. FISH CANNERIES, 7, SHINGLE MILLS, S, BRICK YARDS, g, RYAN SMELTER, lO. GREAT PACIFIC MILLS. 

II. ST. I'ACL & TACOMA I.CMBER CO.'s BIG MILLING PLANT. 12. WHEELER & OSGOOD'S SASH AND DOOR FACTORY. 

13, COMMENCEMENT BAY IMPROVEMENT CO.'s GRE.Vf OCEAN DOCKS, WAREHOUSI.VCG AND MANUFACTCRING 

CENTER. 14, SITE OF HART BROS' BIG MILLS, I5. ORIGINAL PL.AT OF EAST TACOMA. 



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MANC.UM &: WHEET.ER. engaging in the transportation business as chief clerk of the 

operating department of the Oregon Railwa}- & Navigation 

IIS fn-ni does a very large general real Company, which |)osition he retained until lSS;, resigning 



estate business. Their comfortable offices 

are centrally located on A street, opposite 

the Tacoma Hotel. Their specialty is in 

buying and handling improved property 

for non-resident cajiital, and this fiehl they 
have cultivated with siu^h gratifying results as to make 
their reputation for accuracy and keenness of judgment family to Salem, Oregon 



his position to engage in the real estate and loan business 
in Tacoma. 

('has. T Manning, the junior member of this firm, first 
saw the light of day in the little town of .\bington, \\'ayne 
County, Indiana, where he resided with his parents until 
1S73. during which year his father removed with his 

he rudiments of his education 



stand very high in the community. Mr. Caraon L. Mangum were completed in the Willamette University in that city. 
is the active member of the firm, and a hustler when Young Manning early evinced an inclination for mathe- 
he starts out, while the other member, Mr. Willis Wheeler, is matics, and particularly for civil engineering, which event- 



]iossessed of large land- 
ed interests in the vicin- 
ity of Tacoma. One of 
these gentlemen recent- 
ly told the writer that he 
had sold a property to 
an Eastern man for $40,- 
000 a few months ago, 
which, at the present 
time, was paying — in- 
dependent of the rising 
value of the real estate 
— a ]irofit of 30 per cent, 
on the investment. The 
National Bank of Com- 
merce and Merchants 
National Bank of Taco- 
ma both indorse Mangum 
& Wheeler, and a better 
firm to deal with by in- 
vesting capitalists cannot 
be selected. 




ALBRIGHT & MAN- 
NING. 

This firm of real estate 
dealers and brokers deals 
specially in in\estments 
for non-residents, also 
loan money at current 
rates. They have choice hop, hay, garden, farm and timber 



\\rlCIIT PLOCK. 



ually led him to join the 
engineering corps of the 
Northern Pacific Rail- 
road Co., with which he 
remained untd 1883. We 
next see Mr. Manning 
as chief accountant with 
the Carbon Hill Coal 
Company, and it was dur- 
ing this period that he 
formed the acquaintance 
of Mr. R. .S. Albright, 
which finally led to the 
establishment of the firm 
of Albright & Manning 
in the fall of 1888. The 
firm launched forth un- 
der very favorable aus- 
pices. The irreproacli- 
able character of both 
members of the firm, the 
untiring energy, strict 
integrity and business 
ability, coupled with a 
constant effort to please 
their customers, with the 
unprecedented record of 
having never made a sale 
which has not netted a 
handsome profit to the 
buver, both resident and 



non-resident, places this firin in a most enviable position, 

lands for sale. Their rooms are at i and 2, Wright Block. To an observant man the cause of this success is readily 

Mr. Robert S. .Mbright, of this firm, was born in Mad- apjiarent, which is, that they have always refused (even 

ison, New Jersey. .\t an early age his parents removed to when very fiattering terms were offered) to handle anything 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at which place he spent his childhood which could be termed as "wild-cat" propertj'. 
and youth. In 1878 he left the paternal roof, and removetl I'he transferring of a piece of realty through this firm, 

to San Francisco. Being a man of keen observation, he whether it lie a business lot or an acre tract, is a sufficient 

closely watched the movements of the great railroads, and guarantee that it is what a W;ill Street man would call a 

the tide of emi.gration, and foresaw that Western Washing- " purchase." 



ton, with her sheltered harbors, her ine.xhau.stible supply of 
coal, iron, timber and the unlimited acreage of fertile lands 
was destined in a few years to surpass any other country in 
rapidity of development. With these facts in view, Mr. 
Albright left San Francisco and settled in Tacoma in 1881, 



Parties seeking investment in realty in Tacoma or vicmity 
will subserve their interests by calling on or entering into 
correspondence with this firm. They refer to the National 
Bank of Commerce. This firm will take pleasure in fur- 
nishirg anv necessarv information. 



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LAKE CITY LAND COMPANY AND LAKE CYYY 
RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANIES. 




HEN tlie Lake City Land Company, and 
the Lake City Railway and Navigation 
Company were incorporated, and the news 
was ^iven to the public, it was not fully 
understood that another gigantic enterprise 
was on foot for the building up of Tacoma, 
that is only equaled by the improvement made by the 
Tacoma Land Company. The organizing of these two com- 
panies meant the platting of a suburban city in one of the 
most picturesque portions of the country surrounding 
Tacoma, that would be eventually connected with the city by 
a substantial railroad. 

In December, 1888, Messrs. F. C. Ross, C. A. E. Naubert, 
Fremont Campbell, J. D. Smith, L. T. Root, T. R. Jordan 
and R. B. Mullen, purchased 320 acres of land situated south 
of Tacoma some nine miles, and bordering on American 
Lake, the finest sheet of fresh water in Western Washington. 
The tract is an undulating prairie surrounded in the dis- 
tance by magnificent forests of timber, such as can only be 
found in Washington. The scenery from this location is 
unsurpassed. The lake, with its irregular wooded shore line, 
lies to the south, while in the distance the Cascade Moun- 
tains loom up, and grand old Mount Tacoma stands forth 
conspicuously in all its rugged splendor. To the southwest 
for a considerable distance, the prairie stretches away until 
it is lost in the woodland in the far distance, forming 
a lovely panorama, unequaled anywhere. 

American Lake with its placid surface dotted with wooded- 
islands, its picturesque inlets and bays, has a shore line of 
about fifteen miles. Until a comparatively short time ago 
it was the undisturbed home of the eagle and wild ducks, 
but now the .scene is changed to one of bustling activity. 
The shrill whistle of the steamboat is now heard, as the 
handsome steamer Lake City crosses tlie lake with a party 
of e.xcursionists, and on a fine day sail and rowboats are 
seen on every side. These crafts were placed upon the lake 
by the Lake City Land Company, and have their headquar- 
ters at a handsome boathouse at the foot of Lake City Ave., 
one of the principal streets in the town site. 

Soon after Lake City was platted, it was placed upon the 
market, and many at once invested largely, and still retain 
the land purchased, as lots have considerably increased in 
value. At present the town site has been withdrawn from 
the market, and no more property will be sold until the rail- 
road between Lake City and Tacoma is finished, which will 
most probably be very speedily. 

It may be safely said that there is not a better piece of 
engineering than the grade of ilie Lake City Railroad. Mr. 
R. B. Mullen, the assistant general manager, has devoteil 
his entire lifetime to civil engineering, and it was under his 
personal supervision that the grade was establisheil. The 
Tacoma terminus of the road forms a junction with the 
Tacoma Street Railway Company, the Allen C'. Mason Electric 
Street Railway, and several other systems in the western 
part of the city, while the Lake City termmus is at the junc- 



tion of Washington and Lake City Boulevards. The equip- 
ment of the line (which is a narrow gauge) consists of two 
Baldwin engines of 14 tons each, three coaches, one com- 
bination baggage and freight car, and eight flat cars. 

I'he gentlemen enlisted in Lake City are among the most 
prominent in Tacoma, and are men who when they once start 
to do anything, always e.xert every effort to attain their 
object, regardless of mone\- or time. Their intention in this 
case is to build a city in the vicinity of Tacoma that will be 
a beautiful pleasure resort as \vell as a location for the erec- 
tion of reaidences for those who wish quiet and peaceful 
surroundings, and wdiere the constant noise of the city is 
never heard, combined with an easy access to the business 
portion of Tacoma. Besides many large and costly resi- 
dences that are to be built in Lake City, the company in- 
tends constructing a commodious hotel, bathhouses, laying 
out a public park, besides other attractions. 

The real estate firms of Ross & Naubert, and Smith, Root 
iS: Jordan, are agents for Lake City, and will promptly give 
anv informaticin that may be applied for. 



JOHN HUNTINGTON. 



It is with pleasure that we introduce in the pages of 
"T.\C()M.\ Ii.i.usTK.ATEU " the name of this well-known 
gentleman, it is to him, io a very great e.xtent, that Ta- 
coma owes its thanks for the substantial appearance for 
which it is so justly famous. Mr. Huntington has for many 
years been engaged in contracting, and more than one 
public work has been completed under his direction. When 
he first came to the Pacific coast, in 1867, he was engaged 
iqjon the construction of the State capital buildings at Sac- 
ramento, Cal., at whicli work he made a great success. In 
1S74, Mr. Huntington moved to \'ictoria, B. C, and be- 
tween the years of i874-'8o constructed, under contract, 
some of the excellent buildings in that city that were erected 
in that time. \Vhile engaged in busmess there, Mr. Hunt- 
ington, with others, secured the contract for the c(jnstruction 
of the Esquimau.x dry docks at Victoria, but owing to in- 
trigue on the part of the g(jvernment officials, was unable to 
complete the work; thus Mr. Huntington suft'ered severely, 
losing considerable money. Shortly after this he came to 
Washington, engaging in contracting, with great success. 

Beside contracting, Mr. Huntington owns one of the 
most valuable brick yards on Puget Sound, as it is situated 
only two miles from the renter of the citv. The vard has 
a capacity of 75,000 bricks per d.iy. 

In connection with .Mr. J. I'. I.itle, Mr. Huntington con- 
structed the present Chamber of Commerce building, as 
well as many of the finest brick blocks in Tacoma, The 
[last season with these gentlemen has been one of great 
prosperitv, and before the end ol the year o\er ,$200,000 
worth of work will be done by them. .Some of the blocks 
now muler construction are the Gross Block, which will be 
one of the finest edifices in the city : the Thompson, Baker, 
Ivxchange, AVolff, and others. 

Mr. Huntington is a man still in the prime of life, genial, 
affable, and thoroughly conscientious in all his dealings. 




OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE 



LAKE CITY LAND COMPANY AND LAKE CITY RAILWAY AND 
NAVIGATION COMPANY. 



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HARRIS & COLLINS. 




ARRIS BLOCK, on South Second street, in 
the First Ward, contains the offices of this 
firm, who deal extensively in real estate, 
besides carrying on a large insurance and 
legal business. As far as acting in the 
capacity of real estate agents is concerned, 
the firm has already gained a very wide reputation for the 
choice properties they have for sale as well as the ex- 
tremely easy terms that they always succeed in .giving all 
purchasers. 'I'acoma property owners rarely fail to list the 
property they have for sale, with Messrs. Harris & Collins, 
because the energy and push which so characterize these 
two gentlemen, insures a quick disposal of the land. 
Some of the best known fire, accident and marine insur- 
ance companies are represented by these gentlemen. The 
legal portion of the business is under the direct supervision 
of Mr. Harris, who as a counsellor and pleader has few 
equals. Mr. Collins is an ex-member of the city council, 
representing for some time the ward in which he lives, in a 
most patriotic manner. Both gentlemen are true Tacomans, 
and ever ready to promote the welfare of the City of Destiny. 



HOTEL GANDOLFO. 



This well known hostelry is owned and controlled by J. 
J. (iandolfo and R. J. Mclntyre, and although not long 
established, is now looked upon by the traveling public as 
one of the best hotels in the city. This house is run 
upon the European plan, and both departments are looked 
after and superintended by the proprietors in such a manner 
as to give entire satisfaction to guests. The hotel has sixty- 
two rooms at present, but the owners intend adding another 
story to the present building, and hope to be able to accom- 
modate double the number of guests. The restaurant con- 
nected with the hotel is a model one in all respects, and the 
very fact that it is under the supervision of Mr. Gandolfois 
sufficient assurance that the cuisine of this house is excellent. 
Before coming to Tacoma Mr. Gandolfo was the proprie- 
tor of the famous and well-known Gandolfo Hotel of 





Wichita, Kan. Mr. R. J. Mclntyre, previous to coming to 
Tacoma, held for nine years several important positions with 
the chief express companies of the Middle States. He is 
well calculated to cater to the people of the Pacific Coast. 



PETERS & MILLER. 



This firm, whose offices are at 910 Railroad .street, 
are quiet, conservative, unostentatious men, who create no 
fuss or feather, but accomplish a heap of effective work. 
Their galvanized iron cornices, skylights, metal roofing, fire- 
proof doors and shutters, hot-air furnaces, grates and man- 
tels challenge comparison with those of any other manufact- 
urer, and may be seen on such edifices as the New Tacoma 
Asylum at Fort Steilacoom, and here in Tacoma on the new 
Opera House, the Episcopal cluirch, and the Emerson 
School building. The accompanying cut represents a build- 
ing which will be completed in January, in this city. 



C. A. CAYENDER. 



Four years ago this gentleman came here from St. Paul, 
Minn., and has been in the real estate business ever since. 
Soon after his arrival he made his mark among the strug- 
gling throng of business competitors, and shortly began to 
draw out of the crowd and leave the field far behind. 

His opinion on real estate matters is looked for and ac- 
cepted by leading men and old residents as being final. 
His efl'orts are and always have been for Tacoma, he being 
one of its ablest supporters in words and deeds. He is still 
a comparatively young man, but his reputation is such that 
he has become the Napoleon fif real estate affairs in the 
City of Destinv. His keen insight ami unerring business 
sagacity, united to the ample means placed in his hands b)- 
his clients, have furnished him ojiportunity to secure the 
cheapest sites in and abiiut Tacoma, which he now holds, 
and from which he is reaping the present golden harvest. 
His strict attention to the interest of his clients, affability 
and personal popularity, all combine to make a visit to 
his office a pleasure to his patrons. 



K 
ir. 

IT. 







TACO.ua I LI. U ST rated. 



JOBBING INDUSTRIES. 

Thk \\'holesai,e Business Growixc; so Rapidly that 
MORE Houses will be Welcome. 




|\COMA'S enviable lr)cation far inland at 
the head of ocean navigation, with the ad- 
vantages of the terminus of the Japan and 
China trade (she being 800 miles nearer 
Yokohama than San Francisco) — the ter- 
minus of the greatest transcontinental rail- 
road in the United States, and various foreign and coast- 
wise steamship and sailing vessel lines — coupled with her 
situation in the midst of a vast country highly favored by 
kind nature with a wealth of forest, mine and field, unsur- 
passed upon this continent, constitutes her the most natural, 
convenient and practical jobbing center of the great Pacific 
Northwest. 

The jobbing business of Tacoma is yet in its infancy, the 
first e.vclusively wholesale establishment dating its advent 
into our commercial circles back only to February, 1888, but 
to-day there is scarcely an article needed in the general 
line of trade but that can be purchased in Tacoma, and at 
as reasonable a price as it can be purchased in any market 
on the west coast. 

The exclusive wholesale houses doing business at present 
may be enumerated briefly as follows: One drygoods; 
three groceries; one tea, coffee and spice; two oils, paints 
and .glass, and one paper house. The number of houses 
doing a mi.xed business — that is, selling at both wholesale 
and retail — are embraced in the following list: Three fur- 
niture; three hardware; one agricultural implements; two 
drugs and medicines; one wall paper; two crockery and 
glassware; one boot and shoe; one clothing and gents' fur- 
nishing goods; one carpet; two stationers and booksellers; 
two confectioners; one meat; one mantels, grates and fire- 
place goods; one barber supplies. There are about a dozen 
commission firms and brokers, who handle produce, pro- 
visions, butter, eggs, fruits, coal, lime, etc., in a jolibing 
way. In the manufacturing line: Two cracker factories; 
one starch factory; one trunk factory; two flouring mills; 
one oatmeal mill; one flavoring extracts and baking powder; 
one mattress factory; one harness factory; one watch fact- 
ory; one broom factory; these sell their products to the 
trade only. 

It is almost impossible at this writing to estimate the 
amount of business transacted annually. The development 
and growth <if Tacoma's jobbing business has been phe- 
nomenal, and the record thus far for 1889 has been far in 
excess of the most sanguine expectations of our jobbers, 
and will aggregate for the year all that the greatest capacity 
(if the various wholesale establishments and untiring efforts 
(if our h.ird working merchants can make it. We can safelv 
say, however, that the aggregate of n^erchandise sold at 
wholesale during the current year will approximate three 
and a half millions of dollars. Our jobbers are enterprising, 
progressive and ambitious, and are determined to make 
Tacoma the best market on the west coast in which to pur- 



chase stocks, and they are surely going to win if good 
goods, low prices, honest dealing and a broad and generous 
policy mean anything. They are full of enthusiasm regard- 
ing the development of our wholesale trade, and would wel- 
come the advent of additional houses to help care for the 
crush I if business which is coming to Tacoma. This seems 
almost incredible, but tbe wholesale business is so rapidlv 
increasing that notwithstanding their every effort it is almost 
an impossibility for present concerns to keep up with orders. 

1 HOMPSON, PRATT iV CO. 

Wholesale Grocers, Importers of Chixa and Japan 
Teas, Salt Bath Brick and Sal Soda, Jobbers oe 
Canned. Goods, Fourteenth and A Streets. 



The pioneer wholesale and importing grocery house of 
Tacoma is that of Thompson, Pratt & Co., composed of 
Messrs. William J. Thompson, Willard X. Pratt and George 
Brand, and some idea of the enormous growth of Tacoma 
in the past few years can be gathered from the remarkable 
history of this, one of her leading houses. 

At the time of the advent of this concern in Tacoma, in 
December, 18S7, there was not a wholesale house of any 
description in Tacoma, and it was considered a matter of 
speculation as to whether such a business could be profit- 
ably conducted in the city. The three gentlemen com- 
prising the firm came from Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Pratt 
came to Tacoma in December, 1S87, and Mr. Thompson 
followed him four or five months later. They at once 
entered heavily into the i'lterests involved, and began the 
direct importation of China and Japan teas. From Liver- 
pool they imported by vessel both salt bath brick and sal 
soda, which they found they could land in Tacoma as 
cheaply as they could be gotten in New York. 'They 
began shipping by rail large quantities of teas to St. Paul, 
Chicago and New York. Their first year's business was a 
quarter of a million of dollars, and the past year shows the 
business to have been over half a million. One of the 
principal features of their business is the jobbing of canned 
goods of every description. .A remarkable fact connected 
with this firm is that they have not found it -necessary to 
emphiy any traveling men, the business increasing on its 
merits even faster than they could wish. 'Their quarters, 
although large, have proved too small for their increased 
business, and they will soon move to their \\ii\\ building, a 
beautiful structure of stone and brick, four stories in 
height, one hundred feet front, and one hundred and 
twenty feet deep. 'This building is located on the corner 
of Fourteenth and .-V Streets, and is one of the finest in 
|ioint (if artistic merit and durability to be found in the 
city. 'I'he gentlemen composing this linn have not for- 
gotten the public interests of 'Tacoma, and have devoted 
themselves with much zeal and energy to the advancement 
of every interest which helps to make a great city. They 
are identified prominently with the public institutions of 
'Tacoma, and are most keenly observant of her welfare. 
A cut of their new building will be found in (uir pages. 



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THE TACOMA GROCERY COMPANY. shows a profit of fifty thousand dollars to the Tacoma 

(Irocery Company already, and Mr. Hale says it will show 

IHE Tacoma Grocery Company is composed two hundred and fifty thousand by the time they are ready 

of Chas. E. Hale, President; Matthew M. to build. This is, indeed, one of the advantages of doing 

Sloan, ^'ice-President; John ( 1. ('amphell, business in such a city as Tacoma. The present quarters of 

Secretary, and John S. Baker, Treasurer. the Tacoma (Grocery Company, which are shown in our cut, 

The three first mentioned were formerly contain 32,000 square feet of flooring, and cars are loaded 

the Hale-Sloan Grocery Company, of Peo- and unloaded from the rear from several doors, o-ivinn-fhem 

ria. 111., where they did a large and successful wliolesale as complete facilities as are enjoyed bv any wholesale 

grocery business for several years, and sold their interest there grocery house on the Pacific coast, 
only to come to Tacoma which was more adapted for health 
and profit. They have a capital paid in of one hundred 

thousand dollars here, and are doing a business of upward GROSS BRO I HERS, 

of one million per year with no traveling men on the road. Wholes.\le .\nd Retail Duv Goods. . 

Mr. Hale is managing partner, assisted by Mr. Sloan. Mr. 

Hale says he could do two millions as well as one if he had Just about twelve years ago, when the City of Destiny 

more room and more money; it is simply a question of the.se was only in embryonic cityhood, Messrs. Gross Bros, came 

things only, as the territory tributary to this market is im- to it, fully convinced of its great future. The firm is com- 



mense and doubling up 
every twelve months, 
and will continue to do 
so for years to come. 
The advantage of this 
market over most all 
others is the ease of 
jobbing houses doing 
their own importing. 
.Mr. Hale has teas en 
route from China and 
Japan, and salt and 
many fancy groceries 
from London and Paris 
coming directly into the 
port of Tacoma by sail- 
ing vessels which take 
out a cargo of wheat or 
lumber for various ports 
of the known world. A 
fact worth mentioning, which may not be generally known, 
is that a ship has never yet sailed out of Puget Sound 
without a cargo. Can this be said of any other seaport in the 
world, and be it understood, this country is just beginning to 
be developed; what will it be in another ten years? Can any 



T.\COMA OROCERV COMTANY S STORES. 



posed of Messrs. E. A. 
Gross, Morris Gross 
and Abe Gro.ss. They 
at once established 
themselves in the dry- 
goods and clothing bus- 
iness, and through their 
ability and talent work- 
ing together, they suc- 
ceeded in building up 
their business to its 
present mammoth |5ro- 
portions. Three times 
since their entrance 
into the commercial 
community of Tacoma 
have they found it nec- 
essary to secure prem- 
ises of increased capac- 
ity to transact the vol- 
ume of business, which became larger so rapidly that their 
various departments became handicapped for want of space. 
It was then decided by the firm to erect such a building for 
themselves as would in every way facilitate the handling of 
the large trade now being done by them, and on the 30th of 




man estimate Tacoma's future? .Mr. Hale savs within that Mav last, in the presence of thousands, among whom were the 
time those leaving here will be able to take steamship fmni 
Tacoma direct to New York via the Nicaragua Canal, and 
freight rates will be much lower than now from the Eastern 
markets. There can be no doubt that Tacoma offers actu- 
ally the finest field for jobbing houses of all kinds of 
any city or locality in the world. Mr. Hale has se- 
cured for his company one hundred front feet on Pacific 
avenue, between Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets, upon 
which they expect to build a six-story building for their own 
use within the next two years. This pi-operiy has the ad- 
vantage of a side track from the Northern Pacific Railroad 
at the back, and this building, .Mr. Hale says, will be as 
complete as money and experience can make it. li may be 
interesting to know that 'his one hun<ired feel spoken ol. 



representative men of not only Tacoma, but of the various 
cities of the Pacific Northwe.st, the cornerstone of the finest 
drygoods store building north of San l''rancisco was laid. 
The frontage of the building on Railroad Avenue is one 
hundred and fifteen feet, on Ninth Street one hundred feet, 
and on C Street one hundred and fifteen feet. It will be 
I'our stories high, and cost about one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars, and is situated near the main thoroughfare. 
Messrs. Gross Bros , whose foresighteilness and energy 
have brought them to this prominence in business circles, 
have now the largest retail trade in drygoods, boots and 
shoes, etc., on the Pacific coast outside of San Francisco, 
and their large corps of intelligent anil courteous assistants 
are doing much toward adding to its growth. 



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HUNT \- MOTTET. 
Wholesale Heavy Hardware. 




ANU.\R\\ 18X5, this house was founded 
bv Mr. K. M. Hunt, senior nieniijer of the 
present firm, and Mr. S. A. Wheelwright, 
now mayor of Tacoma, under the firm 
name of Wheelwright & Hunt. During 
the year 1885, business was generally very 
much depressed throughout the entire Northwest, and 
it seemed an unpropitious time to establish a wholesale 
hardware business in a city of Tacoma's si-^e, having at that 
time a population of less than 7,000, with a sparsely popu- 
lated surrounding country. Having, however, faith in 
Tacoma's future and believing it wise to be early in the field, 
they faced the dull times and uncertain results with courage 
and energy, and their efforts at the close of that year had 
been rewarded with 
small profits and in- 
creasing trade that 
continued steadily 
to improve during 
the ne.\t eighteen 
months, at which 
time Mr. Wheel- 
wright retired. 

June ist, 18S7, 
Mr. Frederick Mot- 
let associated him- 
self with Mr. Hunt 
under the firm name 
of Hunt & J.Iottet. 
The business has 
rapidly grown in 
magnitude until at 
present they do the 
largest business of 
that kind in the city of Tacoma, and probably the 
largest even in the Sound country; though they recently 
doubled their store capacity they find their facilities far 
too limited to accommodate their fast growing trade, and to 
overcome this difficulty they have leased what will un- 
doubtedly prove to i)e the best located block in the city for 
their business. This building, which is located on the cor- 
ner of Pacific avenue and [Mfteenth street, is under con- 
struction, being built of stone and pressed brick; it is 6o.\ 
100 feet, four stories and basement, and will be one of the 
handsomest buildings in the city; a cut of the building will 
be found in our pages. In these new ([uarters Hunt & 
Mottet will be most advantageously situated, and will be 
able to handle their large stock at a minimum expense. 

At the rear of this building will be a Northern Pacific 
side track, and all carloads can be unloaded directly into 
the store. The basement will be used for iron and iron 
pipe; a steam elevator will carry other goods above. 

The firm carry a large stock of heavy hardware, mill, log- 
ging, railroad and ship supplies, and also are manufact- 




urers' agents, having many valuable agencies. Besides the 
convenient railroad connections, their new quarters are 
only a stone's throw to the principal city wharves, enabling 
them to promptly and at the minimum of expense, deliver 
goods to all the Sound steamers. The merited success of 
this firm has been accomplished bv increasing energy and 
honorable dealings with all. Both Messrs. Hunt & Mottet 
are gentlemen of strict integrity, high social standing, 
refined and courteous manners, and are very popular citizens 
of Tacoma. 

THE PUdET SOUND IRON ^V()RKS 

are situated on the corner of Twenty-fiirst and .\ Streets. 
They are extensive manufacturing machinists, millwrights 
and iron founders. The business was brought here from 
Albany, Oregon, where it had been run for the past fourteen 
years under the name of the Albany Iron Works, and con- 
ducted by Messrs. Cherry and Parkes. It was moved to 
the "City of Destiny" last January, and Mr. 
■fi ji^ C. O. Bosse of San Francisco taken into the 

firm. They are manu- 
facturers of steam en- 
gines, boilers, water 
wheels, pulleys, hang- 
ers and house-fronts, 
and they also make 
a sp'ecialty of grist 
and saw milling ma- 
chinery and marine 
work. Durmg the 
past summer they 
have had a season 
of great business 
prosperity ; among 
other work they 
have furnished the 
machinery for the 
Tacoma Manufacturing Company, the Fairhaven Lumber 
Company, the Kent Mill Company, and A\'. B. Martin's 
mill at Sehome, which last is the largest mill in this part 
of Puget Sound. 

Messrs. Cherry, Parkes & Bosse have lately put in the 
latest improved machinery, enabling them to turn out 
the best work of all kinds in their line that can be procured 
north of San Franci.sco. The stock of sawmill patterns 
which they have accumulated in the last fourteen years en- 
ables them to distance all competitors in supplying goods of 
this description, and the reputation of their headblocks is 
growing to be such that scarcely anybody else attempts to 
enter the field against them. Some idea of the magnitude 
of the business these gentlemen have built up since their 
advent in 'i'acoma, can be gathered from the fact that they 
employ over seventy hands, and their running expenses are 
from $600 to $700 per day. 

Mr. C. C. Cherry of this company, whose portrait we pre- 
sent in the work, is a native of North Carolina, and is one of 
the best known practical machinists on the Pacific; outside 
of the above business he is a man of considerable means. 




SOME PROMINENT BANKERS OF TACOMA. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



TACOMA TRUNK MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 



ELVINS & PURCELL. 




.M(.)Sr useful industry, havuig its factory 
on the corner of Twenty-fifth and Adams 
streets. This concern manufactures and 
deals e.xclusively in trunks, and is es- 
tablished on an extremely firm as well 
as substantial basis. 
It was started in February with a paid up capital stock 
of ,§15,000, with Lake D. Wolford as president, S. M. Clark 
secretary, W. H. Shiling treasurer and general manager. 
The demand for the wares turned out of the factory has 
increased so rapidly that Mr. Shiling is now working a 
force night and day in order to fill orders. The company 
owns the ground on which the factory is situated, and will 
soon erect supplementary buildings and ground will be 
broken early in the spring. 

Mr. Wolford was born on the Pacific Coast, and is 
thoroughly alive to the needs of the Western country. S. M. 
Clark the secretary, is a wealthy gentleman largely in man- 
ufacturing enterprises, notably the Fox Island Clay W'orks, 
Mr. Shiling, the manager, and practical man of the concern, 
was formerly engaged with his father in Indianapolis in 
the management of a trunk factory. At present the factory 
employs seven experienced workmen, and can turn out ten 
dozen trunks per week. With the new buildings the 
capacity will naturally considerably exceed this output, 
and the demand is so large that there will be no danger 
of taxing the capacity. 

JOHN MACREADY & CO. 



This firm have their spacious headquarters at 928 Pacific 
avenue, and are the oldest hardware establishment in Ta- 
coma. They carry a large and varied stock of shelf and 
heavy hardware, and are also agents for the Giant Powder 
Co., Judson Blasting and Sporting Powder, Hall's Lock and 
Safe Co., Howe Scales, and Sargent & Co.'s Locks. 

Mr. John Macready is known far and wide on Puget 
Sound as a man of indefatigable energy and determination. 
He is of that tough Scotch breed which has succeeded in 
getting on top of the heap wherever it had the ghost of 
a show, all over the world, and was born on the Eastern 
seaboard. His father, however, like a sensible man, came 
West when the subject of our sketch was only three years 
okl. They settled at first in Kentucky, but finally settled in 
Sioux City. John Macready was brought up in the hard- 
ware business, and has a thorough practical acquaintance 
with every detail of it. He came to Tacoma in 1883, and 
started in business. In 1884 he was burned out and lost 
everything he had. Another man might have lost heart, 
for it was apparently a knockout blow. He buckled his 
belt tighter, clenched his teeth with grim determination, and 
went to work again. He is now one of the foremost mer- 
chants of Tacoma, a member of the executive committee of 
the Chamber of Commerce, a man of large capital and 
great public spirit, and one who is looked up to and 
honored on all sides, by every one. 



The above well known firm are dealers in groceries, pro- 
visions and general family produce. Mr. W. H. Elvinsand 
W. .M. Purcell associated themselves in business in July 
last, and since that period have built up one of the finest 
paying businesses in Tacoma. This firm makes a specialty 
not only of supplying private families with all the necessa- 
ries of life, but particularly furnishing hotels and restaurants 
with all kinds of the choicest food products. Mr. Elvins is 
a native of Bellevue, Ontario, and was formerly connected 
with his father in a large wholesale and retail grocery busi- 
ness in that town. He came to Tacoma last November, and 
after looking the Sound country over, decided to locate here 
permanently. W. M. Purcell is also an old-timer in the 
grocery business, and comes originally from Rochester, N. 
Y. During his residence here, his genial disposition and 
engaging manners, have combined to make him one of the 
most popular men about town. 



S. J. HOLLAND & CO. 



This firm have their wholesale store on Railroad street, 
near Thirteenth. They do a very large business in liquors, 
and are besides, the agents for a leading brand of Cincin- 
nati beer, '• Belle of the West." The Bourbon whiskey 
which they make a specialty is known far anil wide, and 
extensively drank upon this coast. 

One of their latest enterprises was the opening of the Mil- 
waukee saloon on Pacific avenue. This is undoubtedly the 
most sumptuously fitted up place of the kind on the Sound, 
and would be a credit to San Franci.sco. The plate glass 
mirror behind the bar is the largest ever shipped, and is 
valued at $1,800. The saloon occupies the whole three 
story building, the first floor containing the bar and restau- 
rant, while the upper floors are devoted to billiards and 
pool. The restaurant is one of the finest in town, and is 
rapidly gaining a large patronage. 



MUSSUSOIT HOTEL. 



This hotel is on the corner of Seventeenth and C streets. 
It is only one square from the depot and has 80 rooms. It 
has only been opened a year, but has already gained the 
reputation of being not only a good transient but the best 
family hotel in town. 

The table is alwa\s kept up to the best standard and 
careful and attentix'e service by exclusively white labor is 
guaranteed to the guests. The whole building including 
the annex of the new three-story brick block containing 
three stt)ries and forty-five rooms, is lighted with electric 
and the rooms furnished with electric bells. 

In addition, it may be said that the Mussusoit is run 
on both the .American and the European plans, and is 
the only first class hotel in town that runs a free 'bus, 
which is a rather remarkable departure in the western 
country, and is not only a great convenience, but is fully 
appreciated by all travelers. 



T A COMA ILLUSTRATED. 



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NUHN &: WHEELER. 




If-IlS firni is the principal wholesale and retail 
book and stationery house ni Tacoma, and 
its business reaches out all over this State, 
Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. 

Their store and warerooms, situated at 
930 I'acific avenue, a cut of which will be 
found in this book, contains everything appertaining to the 
business to which Messrs. Nuhn & Wheeler profess to 
belong. The firm is also the general agency in Tacoma and 
the State for all newspapers and periodicals published in the 
Western States, as well as for foreign publications. Al- 
though the business is now only in the third year of its 
existence, it has grown to such an e.xtent that it is now 
considered one of the greatest and most important busi- 
ness houses in Tacoma. 
Mr. Oscar Nuhn is a 
native of Brooklyn, New 
York, came to Tacoma 
about five years ago, and 
it was not until carefully 
looking over the towns 
in the Northwest that he 
decided on Tacoma'**as 
the only one destined to 
become the metropolis 
of the Pacific Northwest, 
and therefore estab- 
lished, with Mr. G. H. 
Wheeler, the above bus- 
iness. 

Mr. G. H Wheeler, 
the other member of this 
firm, is a native of the 
town of Wheeler, State 
of New York, and until 
his association with Mr. 
Oscar Nuhn in the above 
business, was manager of 
the Tacoma Daily and 

Weekly Ledger. Both Messrs. Oscar Nuhn and G. H.AVheeler 
are thoroughly capable and shrewd business men, as the 
flourishing condition of their business well testifies. 



shop, and giving them an immense advantage over compet- 
itors who deal in cheap and frequently auction-made stuff, 
coming from the Eastern seaboard, that is often bought for 
little, and worthless. 

Mr. T. O. Butts, the company of the concern, is connected 
with Mr. Rich by family ties, and is really the practical 
manager of the emporium. He is an energetic and enter- 
prising business man, and has trebled the value of the 
business since it first started, three years ago. 



B. F. HAGEMAN. 

Government L.\nd Loc.4,tor and Surveyor. ioS South 
Twelfth Street. 



11. 1.. RICH & CO. 

of 1317 Pacific avenue, are the flourishing proprietors of 
one of the largest anil most successful harness emporiums 
on the Pacific coast. The business has been established for 
over three years, and Messrs. Rich & Co. claim with par- 
donable pride to keep in stock the largest varieties of sad- 
dles, harness, whips and robes, of any shop in their line of 
business north of San Francisco. They also do what very 
few dealers in saddlery ware do on this coast, /. e, manu- 
facture all their own stock of harness and saddles, thus 
enabling them to guarantee with perfect knowledge of its 
reliabilitv evcr\- article of the kinil that goes out of their 



No one is better known along the North Pacific coast 

than Mr. Hageman, who 
has for many years past 
acted as a medium for 
locating settlers on the 
rich farming, timber and 
mineral lands of Western 
VV'ashington. The entire 
Puget Sound basin, as 
well as that part of Wash- 
mgton bordering on the 
Columbia River, is 
known so thoroughly by 
this gentleman that he 
is able to place his pat- 
rons upon the richest 
and most fertile lands to 
be found in these dist- 
ricts. Hundreds and 
hundreds of noww-ealthy 
ranchers, mine and tim- 
ber owners are indebted 
to Mr. Hageman for 
their present prosperous 
circumstances. 

Since the advent of 
the Northern Pacific Railroad and other transportation 
facilities, Mr. Hageman has been compelled to employ 
numerous assistants to supply the wants ofihe hundreds 
of land-seekers that are continually arriving from the East. 
The fame of the richness of Washington has gone abroad 
to such an e.\tent that, although confident of its future 
greatness, Mr. Hageman's business has increased far beyond 
his expectations. But still millions of acres of the finest 
lands remain untouched, only waiting for the plow, the a.\e, 
or the pick, to yield up their abundance of wealth. Mr. 
Hageman has sought out the best of these tracts, and 
proffers his valuable services for locating immigrants. 

To those, therefore, who are leaving the East to locate 
in such manner, we would say that Mr. Hageman is a man 
of thorough reliability and knowledge of the country, and 
they will consult their best interests by corresponding w'th, 
or seeing him personally. 




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TACOAfA ILLUSTRATED. 



DICKSON BROS. 
Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods, 1120 Pacific 

Avenue. 



REED & CO. 




ICKSON BROS., a well-known and very 
popular firm, was founded in the spring 
of 1883, by Geo. L. and ^Villiam H. Dick- 
son, who opened for public inspection a 
well-selected, though small, stock of such 
goods as are usually found in clothing 
houses. Their first storeroom over which they hung the now 
famous U. S. store sign, was no larger than a big dry goods 
box, or about 10x12 feet. Industry, hard ivork, cuiiragc, in 
"Tacoma's darkest days," and a belief that the people would 
indorse honest efforts, and appreciate their endeavors to 
give them the most for their money, soon won for them a 
host of that most desirable class known as casJi ciistonu-rs. 
Two years later a younger brother, Mr. Warren P. Dickson, 
became a member of the firm, bringing with him a lifelong 
experience from one of the largest drygoods concerns in the 
United States, thus adding additional strength to what is 
now acknowledged one of the most flourishing public- 
spirited — though keen sighted — concerns on the Pacific 
coast. It was reserved for Dickson Bros, to introduce into 
Tacoma rules of business, which have made popular all the 
leading houses of Eastern cities, viz.: .Absolutely one price 
to all ; strictly cash sales, with the lowest possible per cent- 
age of profit added to each article; also to prove that the 
golden rule could be applied to commercial as well as social 
affairs. Perhaps it would not be amiss just here to mention 
that this firm carry clothing, gents' furnishing goods, hats 
and caps, boots and shoes, and the many smaller items that 
accompany these staple lines. 

The people seem to appreciate the additional fact that 
Dickson Bros, have guarded against the average merchant's 
stumbling block — high rent. Owning their own store build- 
ing they gain a decided advantage, and that the Tacoma 
citizens are aware of it, is evident by the constant throng 
which passes in and out of the U. S. Store. 



.\. F. HOSK.A. 



The gentleman whose name forms the caption of this 
article, is well known to most people dwelling in Washing- 
ton, as a man of business capacity and in'egrity. His pres- 
ent place of business is located at 1720 E street, where he 
conducts a large wholesale business in harness and saddlerv. 
Mr. Hoska formerly had a prominent shop on Pacific .A.ve., 
where he was engaged in the same business in a retail way. 
Foreseeing, with shrewd business sagacity, the future busi- 
ness possibilities of the City of Destiny, he started his whole- 
sale business, and is now one of the largest manufacturers 
of saddlery ware, north of Saa Francisco. 

He carries a full stock of goods, and a purchaser never 
needs go further after he has examined his stock, but, 
from Mr. Hoska's enviable reputation and large experience, 
may rely upon the goods he buys being exactly what they 
are represented to be. 



A prominent firm of commission merchants in grain and 
hops, have offices at Tacoma and Walla ^ValIa, managed 
respectively by .Alexander Reed and W. H. Reed, his 
son. Their present business has been established about a 
year and a half. Mr. Reed Sr., was engaged eight years in 
the grain trade at Toledo, O., of which city he was twice 
the postmaster. He has held other responsible public 
l)ositions, including those of auditor of Lucas Co., O., super- 
vising ag'ent of the II. S. Treasury, and receiver of public 
moneys at Walla Walla. 

W. H. Reed was for many years cashier of the Toledo 
Savings Bank & Trust Co. He owns and conducts a farm 
of 600 acres close to the city of Walla Walla, and has other 
considerable interests in the eastern part of the State. 
Both members of the firm have been resitlents of Washing- 
ton about eleven years. Their extensive acquaintance, 
prompt and careful attention to the interests of their cus- 
tomers, and re|5utation for integrity, have brought them 
a large clientage. 

In addition to their commission business. Reed cS: Co. are 
agents for the product of the Eureka Flour Mills of Walla 
Walla — principal brands " White Rose" and " Denient's 
Best" — in which they have a very large trade on the Sound. 

Their Tacoma office is at 923 Pacific avenue, over the 
Tacoma Xatii;)nal Bank. 



I'HE FOX ISL.WD CL.W WORKS, 

M.^NUFACTURERS OF SeWER AND CULVERT PiPE, DrAIN 

The, Terra Cotfa C'rimnkv Pipe, etc. 



The offices of this firm are at the Junction of Dock and 
Fifteenth Streets, at the head of Commencement Bay, a 
most convenient place for the receiving of products of 
the works situated on Fox Island, about sixteen miles from 
Tacoma, and there is also every facilitv for reshipment to 
outside points, as the North Pacific Railroad tracks run 
through the company's yards almost to the water's edge. 

The Fox Island ClayCo. was establi.'hed in .\ugust, 1888, 
and the plant was then owned by the Fox Island Brick 
Company. As soon as the company was incorporated, the 
yards at Fox Island, which are second to none on the Pacific 
coast for the finest deposits of various clays, were fitted with 
the verv best machinery obtainable for the manufacturing of 
sewer and culvert pipe, drain tile, terra cotta chimney pipe, 
etc. .\\\ piping used by the city government, is manu- 
factured by this company, and all the Sound cities, as well 
as numerous points throughout Washington and Oregon. 
Fifty men are em[)loyed to supply the constant demand. 

The officers and directors are as follows: W. S. Bowen, 
president and general manager: J. M. Steele, vice-president; 
.\. R. Zabriskie, secretary, and S. F. Sahm, J. M. Steele, I. 
W. .Anderson, W. S. Bowen, and S. M. Clark, directors. 

As we have mentioned in other parts of this work, the 
fine deposits of almost every kind of clay which are found 
in sections of this country are destined to play a great part 
in the future of our manufacturing industries. 




PROMINENT MEN OF TACOMA. 



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tacoma illustrated. 



HIRSCH & FRANK. 




|1|IRSCH & FRANK, Merchant Tailors and 
Gents' Furnishers, are to be found at 
No. 1007 Pacific avenue. Although not 
long established, It is now recognized as the 
leading house of its 
kind in Tacoma. Their 
location in the Dougan Block, a hand- 
some four story edifice in the center of 
the business portion of the city, and the 
energetic manner in which they have 
made known to the public their thor- 
ough capability for supplying gentlemen 
with every article of dress, has given 
them a reputation that is second to 
none in the State of Washington. Both 
Mr. Hirsch and Mr. Frank are young 
men. The former gentleman comes 
from Des Moines, la., where he was 
engaged in a similar business for upward 
of fifteen years, but the bright prospects 
of Tacoma attracted him, and he be- 
came a resident of this city about a 
year ago. Mr, H. C. Frank may aln\ost 
be termed an old timer in Tacoma. For 
the past six years he has made the City 
of Destiny his home, and it is safe to 
say that he has made himself an ex- 
tremely popular man, with the hundreds 
of people whom he has met. For a con- 
siderable time Mr. Frank was associated with the well- 
known furniture house of F. S. Harmon & Co. of Tacoma, 
but seeing the admirable opportunity to establish a gents' 
furnishing house on a first-class basis here, he joined Mr. 
Hirsch in his present business. For a well-fitting suit of 
clothes of the best material, one could not go 
to a better place than Messrs. Hirsch & Frank. 
They employ the best cutters obtainable, who 
spare no pains, and, in fact, take the greatest 
pride in turning out a suit that is faultless in 
make and design. The furnishing and hat de- 
partment is equally well looked after, and is 
almost daily enlarged with the latest novelties 
of fashion. 

TAMES H. PRICE. 




he has acquitted himself most creditably. Owing to the 
constant and heavy .stream of immigration many crooks, 
thugs and plug-nglies, driven by the police of Eastern 
cities to seek other quarters, have, owing to the prosperity 
of Tacoma, come here with the intention of practicing their 
calling; but the prompt action of Mr. Price and his deputies 
has prevented any violent acts of law- 
lessness, and to-day there is no county 
and city that is more free from crime 
and the criminal element, than Pierce 
County, and the city of Tacoma. 



ROBERT A. TRIPPLE. 



The largest shoe store in the city of 
Tacoma is at 1340 Pacific Avenue. Mr. 
Tripple is a shrewd, energetic business 
man, and although he has been estab- 
lished here but a year, is already doing 
a very large and flourishing trade. Mr. 
Tripple's business may fairly be called 
a representative one, as he sells to all 
grades in the social scale, and gives sat- 
isfaction, to quote from his trademark, 
"All the year round." The store con- 
tains a thoroughly well-selected stock 
of goods, and everybody, from the most 
fastidious purchaser to the laborer who 
wants a pair of high-lows, will find what 
he needs on his shelves. It may be men- 
tioned in this connection that Mr. Trip- 
ple's show-windows are the most tastefully arranged, and 
display the largest variety of goods of any similar concern 
in town. 

Mr. Tripple is a thorough believer in advertising, and 
his judgment in this department of business has been chiefly 



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James H. Price, the sheriff of Pierce County, 
styles himself an Oregon boy, and is proud of 
the fact. Previous to his nomination on the 
Republican ticket for sheriff of this county a 
year ago, Mr. Price had acted in the capacity of inspector 
of customs, and later as deputy collector of customs on 
Puget Sound of the port of Tacoma, for upward of four- 
teen years, and only quit the customs house to accept his 
present position, which was almost forced upon him. Dur- 
ing those fourteen years, Mr. Price proved himself a faith- 
ful and efficient public servant. As sheriff of Pierce Countv 




the cause to which he attributes the present flourishing 
state of his aft'airs, a just tribute to advertising methods. 
One of the chief claims of this new city is the resolve 
which seems to animate all of its business men. to com- 
mence right, and supply the best that any of the older em-, 
poriums of trade offer, thus building up business which 
will vie with the older cities of the East. 



TA COMA I LLCS TRA T F. D. 



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"HOTEL ROCHESTER." 

Ax Ei.Ff.ANT Hotel — Spi.F.NniD Baths and Fink Hair 
Dressing Ro(jms. 




N a triangular piece of ground overlooking 
the bay and the Sound, commanding the 
entire range of the Cascades and the mag- 
nificence of AFount Tacoma, has recently 
been erected the handsomest and most sub- 
stantial structure in Tacoma or the Sound 
region, known as "The Rochester." The building has a 
massive stone foundation, the upper part is pressed brick, 
three stories and basement with bay windows to each floor, 
and on three sides. The Rochester is more of an elegant 
and select family 
than transient hotel, 
although the pro- 
prietor e.xpects to 
accommodate some 
transients in the new 
wing which is now 
under construction. 
It has at present 
forty-two rooms, and 
is lighted through- 
out by incandescent 
electric lights. 

The entire wood- 
work in the finish of 
the house is of the 
finest seasoned oak, 
and cedar of Eastern 
manufacture giving 
the tone and appear- 
ance of a princely 
residence suggestive 
of antiquity and ele- 
gance. 

A fine dining- 
room elegantly fur- 
nished, along with 
the handsome par- 
lors and reception-rooms, are among the most important 
features in connection with the hotel. A barber shop and 
ladies hair-dressing parlors, with Russian, Turkish shower 
plunge, also vapor, medicated and electric bathrooms (twenty- 
one in number), are in the basement of the hotel, conducted 
by Prof. Napoleon Le Blanc. A stairway leads to the roof 
where a promenade is securely arranged, which affords 
beautiful and entrancing views of land and water, forests 
and mountains. 

The "Rochester" is located at the junction of Tacoma 
Ave. and D street. The neighborhood is the most select in 
Tacoma, with fine residences and lawns, and adjacent to the 
Annie Wright Seminary. 

Mr. A. C. Smith, the proprietor of the hotel and the 
ground upon which it is built, is one of the most influential 
citizens of Tacoma, as well as one of the wealthiest. Mr. 



Smith is always ready and willing with his influence and 
money to promote the welfare of Tacoma. He is a mem- 
ber of the executive committee of the Chamber of Com- 
merce, and it is with pleasure that the compilers of the 
work produce his photograph with the rest of the executive 
committee, as well as a cut of the Hotel Rochester. 



TACOMA WAREHOUSE & ELEVATOR CO. 




HOTKL ROCHESTRR, 



This prosperous concern is one of the largest business 
enterprises in Tacoma. It is located on the deep water 
front, with tracks of the Northern Pacific Railroad in front 
of the warehouse for delivery to the lower floor and at an 
elevation of sixty feet in the rear for delivery on that side, 

with piers running a 
depth of water suf- 
ficient to accommo- 
date the largest ves- 
sel at low tide. 

The warehouse is 
the largest and most 
capacious on the Pa- 
cific Coast, being 5 14 
feet in length, 1 14 
wide, and three and 
one-half stories high. 
Endless chain con- 
veyors are also put 
in for the delivery 
of grain for ship- 
ment. The building 
has been built with 
special view as to 
danger from fire, and 
the torredo guarded 
against by the fact 
that the foundation 
of piles is encased 
in asolidgravelfoun- 
dation. The trustees 
are William Dunn 
and A. J. Marble of 
Chicago, and A. M. Ingersoll, C. J. Kershaw, C. H. Marble 
of Tacoma. As references, the Tacoma S: Elevator Com- 
pany are permitted to use the following well known names: 
T. F. Oakes, president N. P. R. R., St. Paul., C. H. 
Prescott, 2nd vice-president N. P. R. R., Tacoma, Paul 
Schultze, General Land Agent N. P. R. R., Tacoma, Nat- 
ional Bank of Commerce, Tacoma, Tacoma National Bank, 
Tacoma, Pacific National Bank, Tacoma, Traders Bank, 
Tacoma, and Miles C. Moore of Walla Walla, the ex- 
Governor of the Territory. 

The business of the company is exclusively storage and 
they are prepared to receive in store all kinds of grain, 
wool, hops, or any commodity for long or sho't time. 

They intend also to soon make a portion of the building 
a bounded warehouse, and be in a position to receive and 
store sjoods in bond. 



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TACOJ/A I LLUSTRATED. 



PUGET SOUND BREWERY. 



WILLIAM SIBURG. 




I EN Messrs. Sclioll & Huth established the This gentleman's main office is on the corner of Pacific 

Piiget Sountl Brewery just a year ago, they avenue and Eighth street; he is one of the prominent Ger- 

proved themselves enterprising and ener- man-American residents of Tacoma. He was originallv a 

getic business men. Previous to that time native of the Duchy of Brunswick, hut became dissatisfied 

Tacoma was sadly in need of a first-class with his native city when the Prussian war engulfed all the 

brewery that would be able to supply beer smaller principalities and made a United Germany, and 

of a superior quality and in sufficient quantity to supply finally came to the land of freedom like so many of his 

the ever increasing demand for this popular beverage. At countrymen. With the industrv and economy which is the 



the cost of many thousand dollars these gentlemen con- 
structed a four-story building, 80x80 feet, at the junction 
of Jefferson avenue and 25th street, and later a wing has 
been added on the southeast corner that is of the same 
height, and 4o.\4o feet. The building erected, Messrs. 
Scholl & Huth spared no e.xpense 
in fitting it up with machinery 
which is of the most approved 
pattern, and of the very best ma- 
terial. Two Corliss engines, one 
of ninety, and the other of sixty 
horse power, furnish the neces- 
sary propelling power, and they 
are in constant operation. A beer 
boiler, heated by steam, with a 
capacity of 4,300 gallons, is con- 
nected with a patent mashing ma- 
chine that holds 6,500 gallons. 
The brewery also has an appa- 
ratus for the manufacture of their 
own ice for cooling the beer. With 
this machinery Messrs. Scholl & 
Huth are enabled to produce 260 
barrels of beer per day. The Pu- 
get Sound I'.rewery has gained an 
enviable reputation for the man- 
ufacturing of their "Walhalla" and 
'T)er Goetten Trank" beers, which 
are, as the naine of the last im- 
plies, drink that is suitable for the 

gods. Before this brewery was 

started considerable beer was 

shipped to 'I'acoma from the largest and most popular 
breweries in the East, but now saloonkeepers are rapidly 
withdrawing their patronage from these Eastern houses, 
and supply the public with an excellent beverage made 




heirloom of every German, he went to work and labored 
gallantly in Brooklyn until he had accumulated sufficient 
money to go into business on his own account. 

He is now the head of a completely organized beer-bot- 
tling establishment in this town, has a large amount of money 

i nested here, and bids fair in the 
future to be able to go back, and 
buy up with fairly earned .American 
gold, the little kingdom in which 
he first saw the light. 



C. M. JOHNSON, 

Manuf.\cturer and Dealer in 
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- 
ings, Window and Door 
Frames, 2120 to 2132 
East D Street. 



There is not a more live and 
energetic luisinessman in Tacoma 
than the subject of this sketch, 
who has built up for himself a bus- 
iness that is not only large in its 
production but a most important 
acquisition to the city of Tacoma. 
Mr. Johnson's plant is most ad- 
vantageously situated at the head 
of Commencement Bay, and in 
close proximity to the side tracks 
of the railroad companv.. He came 
to Tacoma from the town of \\'alla 
Walla in Eastern Washington six years ago, and immed- 
iately started his sash and door factory. The rapid .growth 
of the city made Mr. Johnson's business a nourishing and 
prosperous one, and he considered himself on the high- 
from \\ ashington hops by a process that insures a drink way to fortune, but after two years' hard work, in June, 
equally as good, in fact, superior owing to its freshness and 1885, the factory was swept away by fire to Mch an ex- 
purity. The distance of the transportation of Eastern tent that nothing remained. Undaunted by this catas- 
beer is said to have had a decidedly bad effect upon trophe, Mr. Johnson immediately rebuilt on a much larger 
those drinking it; however that may be, those who have scale, adding everything that goes to make a first- class 
drank the beer of this brewery enthusiasticallv concede factory. To-day eighty-five men find employment in the 



its good effects. 

Under the supervision of Mr. P. A. Kalenborn, who at 
one time owned a large brewery in Kansas, and who thor- 
oughly understands his business, the Puget Sound Brewery 
is now one of the best paying and most prosperous busi- 
ness institutions in Tacoma. 



various departments of this institution, manufacturing sash, 
doors, blinds, mouldings, and window and door frames of 
all descriptions. Mr. Johnson is a typical Tacoma man, 
public spirited, and one who has the interests of the city at 
heart so thoroughly that he is ever ready to exert himself 
in its behalf. 




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.MARSHALL K. SNELL, 

A r lOU.NK.V Al' J, AW. 




lO lawyer in Taconia, or in fact throughout 
tile State of Washington, is better l<nnwn 
than Marshall K. Snell, The great distinc- 
linn which Mr. Snell has attained as a 
l;nv\er is well merited, for during his two 
years' practice in the courts of this State, 
he has in many instances proved himself a careful and 
well read counselor, and an eloquent and able pleader. As 
a criminal lawyer, .Mr Snell has few equals anywhere, and 
there is perhaps not another man who would have made 
such a clever legal fight as he did recently in the case 
of the United States vs. R. F. Hageman, and one hundred 
and thirty-one others for alleged fraudulent location of gov- 
ernment land. 
Mr. Snell's re- 
markably able 
handling of the 
case, is univer- 
sally conced- 
ed a very great 
legal triumph. 
.Another case 
equally inter- 
esting, and re- 
jecting great 
credit on Mr. 
Snell, is that of 
the Territory 
vs. .\lfred Fos- 
trom, for mur- 
der in the first 
degree; and al- 
though every- 
thing pointed 
to the worst 
for the accused 
man, Mr. Snell 
obtained his ac- 
quittal in comparatively short order. Marshall K. Snell 
is the son of John Marshall King, Sr., of Ottumwa, la., 
who as a physician and surgeon served with the Eleventh 
Iowa Volunteers during the W'm of the Rebellion. Having 
acquitted himself creditably antl been dangerously woundetl. 
Dr. King near the close of the war, returned to his wife 
and family on Nov. ist, 1864, and died three days after- 
ward. .\ few days later the terrible disease of smallpox 
broke out in Ottumwa, and the entire King family, with 
the exception of .Marshall, died before the end of the 
month. During the excitement that prevailed at the time, 
Marshall was sent to the pest house and afterward to 
the State Orphans' Home, where he remained until seven 
years old, when he was adopted by William J. Snell, and his 
name was changed from Marshall King to Marshall K. Snell. 
Mr. Snell's boyhood was spent on a farm, but he even- 
tually acted as clerk to the legal firm of lUitton Bros, of 



Trempealeau, Wis., and soon afterward read law with Judge 
Alfred .\. Newman of the Sixth Judicial i:)istrict of ^^■iscon- 
sin. Mr. Snell graduated from the Wisconsin State Univer- 
sity in i8cSi, and was admitted to the bar the same year. He 
settled in the town of Seymour, Wis., and there first began 
to practice his profession, acting as city attorney for three 
years and as a member of the board of county supervisors for 
two years liuring the five years of his residence in the town. 



CHARLES T. UHL.NLAX. 



Charles T. Uhlman, whose wonderful prosperitv during 
his residence in the City of Destiny, stamps him at once as 
a true representative of the community in which he lives, 
came originally from ^\■ashington, D. C. in 1S81. The first 
employment he secured was with Barlow Kros. .V mar- 
ket was [) u r- 
chased l)y S. 
Coulter & Co., 
and Afr. Uhl- 
man continued 
with them until 
he opened a 
little meat mar- 
ket on C street. 
.'\fter a short 
time he bought 
from Coulter & 
Co., the Ranier 
Market, where 
only a short 
time before he 
had worked on 
small salary. 
The city was 
growing then 
just as rapitlly 
as it is to-day, 
and the busi- 
ness at the Ra- 
nier .Market in- 
creased proportionally. Mr. Uhlman continued to conduct 
the business successfully, first supplying one or two smaller 
markets with meat and later on introducing a general 
wholesale department. In the fall of 18S8 he constructed a 
handsome lirick block on Pacific .Avenue opposite Tenth 
street but last summer he conceived the idea of fitting up a 
meat market that in every detail wouki be the finest on the 
Pacific Coast. The ALirket Block was then built on the 
corner of Xuith and .\ streets. Half of the ground lloor was 
arranged for a butcher-shop which was fitted up at a cost of 
over $6,000. The subject of this sketch has just completed 
the organization of the Puget Sound Pressed Beef and 
Packing Co., with a capital stock of $150,000, and he will be 
jiresident of the company. 

Mr. Uhlman is also a stockholder in Brown's Wharf & 
Navigation Co., in which corporation he holds the office of 
secretarv, and he is a leading member of the city council. 




fiii.MAN s nini.niNc. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



TACOMA LEATHER AND BELTING CO. 

Clifford & Tousey, Proprietors. Deai.i.ks in Belting, 
Hose, Packing and I^eather and Findings, 1527 
Pacific Avenue (Sprague Building.) 




HIS firin, which is tlie pioneer of its kind m 
Tacoma, and in the State as well, is com- 
posed of Benj. F. Clifford and Albemarle 
C. Tousey, and is leading and representa- 
tive in all respects. They occupy one story 
and a basement, each 20x100 feet in dimen- 
sions. This firm make a point to carry the very best goods 
that mechanical skill can produce, and in pursuance of this 
policy they have taken the State agency for Revere Rubber 
Co.'s unrivaled goods, consisting of their "Giant" Stitched 
and Seamless Rubber Belting, and " (iranite " Seamless 
Belting, also " Granite " and Shawmut Hose, and " Granite " 
Steam Packing, and last but not least, their celebrated 
" Four Ace " and '" (iiant " Steam Fire Engine Hose. 

They are manufacturer's agents for Hide, Leather and 
Belting Co.'s Pure Oak Tanned Short Lap Leather Belting, 
and carry a large and complete stock of all sizes, both single 
and double. This belting is the very best that can be pro- 

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NKW STYLF. "SEAMLESS. 




ill.lJ STVl.F, SEAM. 



duced by skilled workmen, using selected chestnut oak 
tanned leather, and is guaranteed to be second to none. 

In each of their respective lines, belting and leather and 
findings, this firm carry the largest and most complete stock 
in the Pacific Northwest, and their large and rapidly grow- 
ing trade attests their customers' appreciation of their mott(j, 
"Best quality goods only." In the management of their 
business, they bring to their aid a complete knowledge of 
the goods in their line, Mr. Clifford having been connected 
with a large Eastern firm in the same line from his boyhood 
up to the time they began business in Tacoma, some thir- 
teen years, during which time he mastered the business in 
all its details, as bookkeeper, house salesman, traveling 
salesman, and for the last three years as manager and buyer 
of the firm with which he was connected. Mr. Tousey also 
brings to his aitl a thorough knowledge of the goods he 
handles, having been connected with the same firm that 
Mr. ("lifford was for a number of years, as bookkeeper, 
house salesman and road salesman, thus making him 
complete master of the situation. 

Taking in connection the complete stock of /v.v/ (|uality 
goods which ihcv carrv, and their comiireheiisive knowl- 
edge of the goods they handle, and the needs of their cus- 
tomers, we can safely pronounce this firm one of the best 
e(|uipprd for a successful business career of any in the rap- 
idlv growing "Citvof Destiny." 



TACOMA STOVE COMPANY. 

PiRAN'SCHEID & YoUNG. 

It is gratifying to the eye and business sense to note a 
thoroughly complete and well appointed commercial estab- 
lishment, and one that more thoroughly realizes that sense 
of fitness than the one owned by Messrs. Branscheid & 
Young, located at 905 Pacific avenue, is not to be found in 
Tacoma. The premises are spacious necessarily for the 
purpose of carrying their large and varied stock, yet every- 
thing is so neatly and tastefully arranged that intending 
purchasers can e.vamine goods and make selections with 
half the trouble endured in less systematically organized 
establishments. The concern does a large jobbing as well 
as retail trade, and besides dealing in everything pertaining 
to the kitchen, attend to repairing, plumbing and fitting li- 
the most efficient manner. 

The Tacoma Stove Company claims to be, and is, the 
oldest house in its line in the City of Destiny, and has been 




in existence over ten years — a period commensurate with 
thrice the time in a more slow-going and humdrum commu- 
nity. It was foundetl by Thomas B. Brown, who was bought 
out by Harvey & Young, the latter being the jjresent part- 
ner, and later Mr. Branscheid bought out Harvey, on 
which event the business was enlarged and extended to its 
present position, which is that of being second to no other 
mercantile enterprise in the city. 

Thev aim to handle only the very best goods, and a glance 
at the names <if the following concerns that intrust them with 
their interests in this part of the world, will quickly convince 
any one that their claim is entirely justified by the facts of the 
case. They are: The Bridge & Beech Manufacturing Com- 
pany, of St. Louis, Stoves; Redway & Burton, of Cincinnati, 
Ohio, Stoves; William Resor eV- Co., of ("inciniiati, Ohio, 
Stoves; The ^\■illianl Miller Range and I''iirnace Company, 
The Monitor Steel Range ("ompany, of Cincinnati, Ohio ; 
John L lis & Co., of San Francisco, Hotel Ranges; The 
Boynton Company, of ('hicago. Furnaces; The Minnesota 
Refrigeratiu' Companv, of St. Paul, and many others. 



TA COMA ILL VS TRA TED. 



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O. H. IIARI.AX. 



'I'liE '^A(^o^[.\ I'.usiXTsss college. 




NE of tlie niosi complete establishments en- 
gaged in the sonibei' industry of iindertnk- 
ing on the Pacific coast is that belonging 
to the above named gentleman, and situated 
at 115 I C street, Tacoma. Robes, shrouds, 
coffins and caskets are here displayed in 
such lavish abundance that one might well believe that Mr. 
Harlan was prepared to bury the whole city of Tacoma. 
At any rate, it may readily be understood that b.is claim 
of carrying the largest stock of goods of any concern in his 
line in this city, is founded on fact. 

Mr. LLirlan's personality and demeanor are by no means 
sug.gestive of his occupation. He is a slender, scholarly 
looking gentleman on the sunny side of fifty, and though 
polite and cour- 
teous in man- 
ner, has an ex- 
pression about 
the mouth that 
announces to 
the student of 
character that 
it would be un- 
safe to "stir 
him up " too 
much. He has 
been engaged 
in the under- 
taking business 
in all its branch- 
es ever since he 
was a boy of 
thirteen, a per- 
iod of time ex- 
ten d i n g over 
thirty-six years. 
The writer has 
heard him tell 
with infinite 

gusto and many chuckles, his early experiences when an ap- 
prentice in the then frontier State of Indiana. How 
he frecpiently had to construct coffins from the very slab; 
how, the coffin made, he would have to harness the team to 
the old fashioned box hearse and drive it over a "blazed " 
road through dismal forests, with the wolves and jxinthers 
snarling at him from the thicket, until he reached the farm- 
house where the corpse lay, perhaps twenty miles distant. 

Mr. Harlan handled the first metallic burial case ever 
shipped. It was long and oval in shape, and terhnically 
called the "Mummy Casket." This was when he was 
working for Westlow, Thayer & Co., of I'eru. hul. Shortly 
afterward he became interested in the science of embalming, 
and followed up the study with indefatigable ardor. He 
traveled in Europe, Asia and Africa — that is I\gypt — in 
pursuing his investigations, and became one of the most 
expert embalmers of modern times. 



'! his college, at 938 Pacific Avenue, is "a school that gives 
a practical education." and it is not for a moment to be 
doubted that a business education, such as can be acquired 
here, does sharpen and develop the reasoning and perceptive 
faculties, and fit one for the active duties of life. 

Prof. John W. Tait is the principal of the college, and is 
assisted by a corps of capable teachers. He is prepared to 
ground pupils thoroughly in single and double entry book- 
keeping, plain penmanship, commercial law^ business arith- 
metic, practical grammar, letter writing, spelling, actual bus- 
iness and office practice, exchange, partnership settlements, 
business forms. Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statics 
and Hydrostatics, Greek, Latin, Erench, and German. 



The 



lege occupies up[)er 



floor of 




93<S, and is al- 
ready full to 
overllowing, so 
that increased 
quarters will 
soon be needed 
to accommo- 
date all its pu- 
pils. Mr. -Lait 
was born in 
Canada, and 
has been en- 
gaged in teach- 
ing for over 
twenty-eight 
years. Lie is 
not only thor- 
oughly exper- 
ienced in his 
profession, but 
is a man of very 
considerable 
ability, and is 
endowed with 
an excellent 
education 



RIGNEV ISROllIERS. 



This well-known firm is located in the Sprague Hlock, on 
Pacific .Avenue, near 17th street, 'ihe firm name was orig- 
inally Rigney & Foy. They deal in general produce, and 
more especially in hay, grain and feed, in which latter 
articles they do a very heavy business. The concern uti- 
lizes the services of six employes, and requires two teams to 
handle its increasing business. The Messrs. Rigney, John 
R. Jr., and J. W . R. respectively, were both born on this coast 
at no great distance from 'i'acoma. One of them in his earlier 
vears held a responsible position in the employ of the Hudson 
Bay Company, which in those days monopolized about all 
the business of the Northwest, liefore engaging in the com- 
mission business the Rigney Brothers were engaged in ranch- 
ing on an extensive scale. The ranch is at Lakeview, and 
still in their possession. It comprises about 1,600 acres. 



84 



TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



THE STEWART & HOLMES DRUG COMPANY. 



THE TACOMA PASSENGER AND BAGGAGE 
TRANSFER COMPANY. 




||]i\'0 bright young men a few years ago came 
from the province of Ontario, Canada, to 
estabhsh on Puget Sound a first class drug- 
store. They opened an establishment in 
Seattle, which speedily became the leading 
pharmac}' of that city, and afterward opened 
a branch store in the rising city of Tacoma. This branch 
store was established several years ago, and the business 
has continued to grow in proportion with the growth of 
Tacoma, and what was once the branch store in Tacoma, is 
now the headquarters of the company which has been formed 
with the addition of the large business of Mr. H. E. 
Holmes, a prominent druggist of Walla Walla, a growing 
city in Eastern Washington. These two young men were 
brothers, A. B. and A. M. Stewart, both 
graduates of the best pharmaceutical 
colleges on the Continent. The store 
of the company at 910 Pacific ave- 
nue, is very handsomely and tastefully 
fitted up. The company has opened 
accounts only with those houses that 
supply the purest and best drugs and 
chemicals. Those at the head of the 
company are men of more than ordi- 
nary ability as practical chemists, and 
they have special medicines prepared 
by themselves that received the indorse- 
ment of the best physicians in the State 
of Washington. When the company 
was organized, there was a demand for 
a wholesale drug house in the Territory'. 
The company has filled this want, and 
now has three jobbing houses, one in 
Seattle, one in Walla Walla, and the 
third in Tacoma, and are constantly e.x- 
tending their business. The outlook 
for conducting the most extensive drug 
business in the State is very hopeful. 
The officers of the company are A. B. 
Stewart, president; A. M. Stewart, secretary, and H. E. 
Holmes, treasurer, all most energetic and capable men. 




Since the old stage coach was abolished and fast through 
trains have been made to carry passengers from one side of 
the continent to the other, travel has increased to an enor- 
mous extent, and the general public have demanded better 
facilities for reaching the hotels from the depots, and for 
the care of the baggage and movable property. These 
facilities are supplied by the transfer companies in the 
various cities, and no city in the United States has a more 
complete system than that supplied by the Tacoma Passen- 
ger and Baggage Transfer Company, under the management 
of Mr. J. R. Patton. 

The company has recently completed one of the finest 
carriage houses with barns and stables for horses, to be 
_ found anywhere. The methods of hand- 
ling baggage have been reduced by 
Mr. Patton tcj perfection. Baggage is 
checked at the house of the owner, the 
checks handed over to him and his rail- 
way ticket is furnished him by the com- 
pany without the necessity of his doing 
more than call up the transfer office 
by telephone; all the trouble incident to 
travel is thus removed from his shoul- 
ders by the system now in vogue, and 
his journey is rendered more pleasant 
because he is relieved of all worry. The 
company furnishes all of the buses for 
the leading hotels, and has a large num- 
ber of handsome carriages and hacks. 



G. L. HOLMES & BULL. 



HOLMES & BL'LL's NEW BUILDING. 



E. W. TAYLOR 
has his offices on the corner of Pacific avenue and Thir- 
teenth street. Mr. Taylor is a scholarly-looking man with 
lines of determination and energy on his face. He is a 
native of Ottawa, but came to the Pacific coast when a child. 
He graduated at the Santa Rosa College in California before 
he reached his majority, and then he managed a large fann in 
that State. After this he taught school, became interested 
in mining, and finally studied law. He was admitted to the 
bar in Nevada, and it is characteristic of Mr. Taylor that 
there were five applicants for admission at the time, and he 
was the only one who successfully passed. He was after- 
ward County Attorney for Esmeralda County, Nevada. 
He finally came to Washington, settling in Tacoma. 



The above concern at this time of 
writing are located at 716 and 720 Pa- 
cific avenue, but e.vpect to be able to 
occupy their new and spacious building, 
now in the process of erection on the 
east side of C street, between Ninth and 
Tenth streets before the new year comes in. The business 
is only a year old, but it has grown and nourished and in- 
creased with that amazing rapidity which seems to be 
characteristic of the City of Destiny. Messrs. Holmes & 
Bull claim — and with acknowledged justice — to carry a 
larger line of fine furniture than any firm doing business 
on the coast north of San Francisco. They also do a large 
jobbing trade in cheap furniture as well as a wholesale and 
retail trade in upholstering and carpets. 

Mr. G. L. Holmes has been engaged in the manufacture 
of furniture all his life, and his knowledge of the business 
includes the smallest details. A. E. Bull, the second part- 
ner, is a Bostonian, who was so impressed with the advan- 
tages possessed by this coast from a business point of view, 
that he has come to permanently cast his lot among us. 
His energy and shrewdness have had much to do with 
building up the business to its present proportions. 




PROMINENT MEN OF TACOMA. 



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TACOMA ILLUSTRA TED. 



PUGET SOUND PRINTING COMPANY. 



EFFINGER &- ABBOTT. 




j MONG the many remarkabl}' thriving insti- 
tutions of this wonderfully progressive city, 
is the Puget Sound Printing Company, the 
interior of whose office is made the sub- 
ject of one of our illustrations. This 
company was organized about a year and 
a half ago, and was formed by the consolidation of 
two small job offices, having nothing larger than a 
quarter medium press, and with a capital stock of $10,000. 



This firm on Pacific Ave., opposite Tenth, may be des- 
cribed as belonging to the class of men we would wish to be 
thoroughly representative of Tacoma. Mr. Effinger was 
born and brought up in the State of Virginia, and is a warm- 
hearted, chivalrous, impulsive Southerner. His forte is crim- 
inal and admiralty law, and in that line he is reputed to be 
e.xceptionally brilliant and signally successful. Mr. T. O. 
Abbott is a considerably younger man than his partner, 
with whom he, in fact, studied. He was born in Illinois, 



The company at once purchased the Ledger job office, but his father came across the "great divide" with a wagon 

leased the rooms in the Ledger building for one year, and train when our subject was only three years of age, and 

took hold of the new business with a determination to build settled in Portland," Oregon. Here Mr. Abbott grew to 

up a job-printing business that should keep pace with the manhood. His father being extensively engaged as a pub- 



growth of the 
city, and with 
an energy that 
meant success. 
Before the end 
of the year the 
business of the 
company had so 
much increased 
that it was com- 
pelled to re- 
move to more 
commodious 
quarters. The 
capital stock of 
the company 
was also in- 
creased to $25,- 
000, and a pur- 
chase was made 
of the plant of 
the Ta eo ma 
World, includ- 
ing an engine 
as well as three 
presses, and the 
company secured one-half of the upper floor of the Davis 
Block, where it has now the largest and best equipped book 
and job printing establishment in the State of Washington, 
and is doing a very extensive business. Thus the power 
of the press asserts itself in new countries at the very 
start, nor waits for their growth. The present board of 
directors of the company are, F. F. Hopkins, president 
and manager; E. L.Jones, secretary; Geo. A. Tuesley, 
treasurer; Geo. F. Orchard and Geo. P. Eaton. In addi- 
tion to their general job printing business, which e.vtends to 
all parts of the State, it publishes a full line of real 
estate and legal blanks, a line which, with the growing 
transactions in real estate and kindred business, will call 
for a large supply, and which can be found at their 
establishment, as they have secured a large wholesale 
trade, which they are amply able to make a permanent 
and jirofitable one. 




PUGET SOUND PRINTING COMP.\NV S OFFICE 



lisrher, the son 
naturally em- 
braced news- 
paper work as 
a profession, 
a n d w hen he 
reached his ma- 
jority he was al- 
ready the pro- 
prietor as well 
as editor of a 
most flourish- 
ing journal at 
Dayton, W. T. 
About this 
period he began 
to study law, 
and was finall)' 
admitted to the 
bar in Salem. 
He is thorough- 
ly posted on 
realty law, and 
attends to that 
portion of the 
firm's 'large and 
rapidly increasing business with earnestness and abilitv. 
Tacoma is rapidly taking rank among the well built 
cities of the new Northwest. Her public edifices are 
substantial and handsome. One of the finest brick blocks 
in the city has recently been erected by Mr. Abbott 
on C street, and the postal department at Washington 
has seen fit to locate the postoffice in the building. 
The block was erected at the cost of many thousands 
of dollars, and the owner can congratulate himself that 
there is not another building in the city that is more 
substantial, or of more elegant finish. .\ cut of this 
edifice is given in this book among the public buiklings of 
Tacoma, with which our work is so profusely ornamen- 
ted, and aft'ords still another undeniable proof of the ex- 
cellent taste and liberality of spirit which so strongly 
characterized 'j'acoma's founders, and which to-day stands 
as a monument to its future greatness. 



TACOJ/A ILLUSTRATEn. 



87 



SMITH, ROOT & JORDAN. 



EMERSON &• WOOD. 




lllN'E of the most success- 
ful real estate firms in 
'I'acoma is that com- 
prised of Col. J. D. 
Smith, L. T. Root and 
i'. R. Jordan. Their 
partnership has been in e.xistence a 
comparatively short time, but it has 
proved very lucrative. Messrs. Smith & 
Root were first associated together, 
Mr. Jordan becoming a member at a 
later date. Besides being owners of 
and agents for large properties in the 
most eligible locations of Tacoma, thev 
are building fine residences here and 
there, and thus beautifymg and improv- 
ing their property. 

They are associated with Messrs. 
Ross & Naubert and others in the Lake 
City Land and Railway and Navigation 
Companies, and these assuredly success- 
ful ventures will no doubt bring them 
handsome and substantial returns for the capital which 
they have invested so wisely. 

The publishers of this work are indebted to the gentle- 
men of this concern for such courtesies as can hardly be 
repaid, and desire herewith to e.xpress their thanks. While 
all three members of the firm kindly placed their office at 
the disposal of the publishers, Col. Smith extended many 
social kindnesses which will always be fondly cherished. 
Col. Smith is a Southern gentleman, and is in every way a 
typical Missis- 
sippian, being 
whole - souled 
and generous 
to very near a 
fault; he spent 
much of his val- 
uable time in 
showing to the 
compiler of this 
hook the prin- 
ci[)al features 
of Tacoma, and 
which are des- 
tined to make 
it a great city. 

Col. Smith 
owns a fine res- 
idence in the 
city and pro- 
poses ne.xt year 
building a fine 
Southern home 
on the Tacoma 
Land Co.'s site 




OFFICES OF EMERSON i WOOD 



This firm of well known commission 
merchants, situated at 936 C street, 
started in business here in August, 
i<SS9, in a new handsome brick block 
just completed. 

Mr. S. H. Emerson is lately from St. 
Paul, Minn., where he is well known 
and bears a most favorable reputation 
as a careful financier and business man- 
ager. He was quite recently with Mr. 
Morgan in the commission business in 
Tacoma. Mr. W. H. Wood, the second 
member of the firm, hails from San 
Jose, Cal., in which place he was con- 
nected in a responsible ca|writy with 
the First National Bank. He is now 
largely interested in the Washington 
National Bank of Tacoma. 

Emerson & Wood handle a full line 
of fruits, vegetables, farm produce, etc. 
Butter and eggs they make a specialty. 
They are working up a fine country 
trade, and buy goods from Oregon, Washington, Minne- 
sota and California. Having ample capital to work with, 
they intend doing a large business, such as will be a credit to 
the City of Destiny. 

ISAAC ^\. ANDERSON. 



OFFICES OF S.MITH, KOO I' 4 JORDAN. 



It is with regret that the absence of Air. Anderson has 
prevented us from obtaining his photograph for insertion 

among the rep- 
resentative men 
of the city of 
Tacoma. Mr. 
Anderson is the 
general man- 
ager of the Ta- 
coma Land Co., 
and his affable 
manner as well 
as honorable 
dealings, alike 
with rich and 
poor, have not 
onlv dune much 
for the uplniild- 
mg of the city's 
manufacturing 
nuerests, by the 
Land Companv, 
luit have gained 
for him the con- 
lidence, regard 
and respect of 
all classes, 




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TACOMA ILLUSTRATED. 



E. C. VAUGHAN & CO., 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Books, Stationery, 
Office and School Supplies, 1102 Pacific Ave. 




I HIS firm is an old established one in Taconia. 
It is si.x years since Mr. Vaiighan and his 
associates first opened their present bus- 
iness in Tacoma. To residents in the East, 
six years is not considered a very long 
period, but of those who have spent tiiat 
time in Tacoma. there are hundreds who iiave made hand- 
some fortunes. During this time Messrs. \"augiian & Co.'s 
inisiness has grown with the City of Destiny until it equals 
any of the prominent business houses in the city. This 
firm is the exclusive agents for United States coast survey 
charts, for Andrews' school and office supplies, and the 
(ilobe filing company. Attention is especially drawn to this 
firm's assortment of draughtsmen's and architects' supplies, 
which is complete and un- 
rivaled by any other firm in 
the city. The firm consists 
of Messrs. K. C. \'aughan, C. 
W. Morrell,and T. J. Thomp- 
son ; these gentlemen also 
own a half interest in the 
Tacoma Picture Frame Com- 
pany, which establishment is 
located in the rear end of the 
store. 



in the city, which are rapidly becoming very valuable. Mr. 
Tisdale is one of the most undaunted believers in the future 
of Tacoma, and if the city, as we all hope, ever becomes 
the New York of the Pacific coast, will reap the harvest of 
his faith by being one of the richest and most popular 
men upon this coast. 

SAUL & AVERY. 



CONRAD L. HOSKA. 



This well-known under- 
taker has his office on the 
corner of Pacific avenue 
and Thirteenth street. He 
is well known as the leading 
man in his line in Tacoma, 
and is probably the best 
funeral conductor north of 

San Francisco. He always keeps on hand a full line of 
burial goods of every description and variety, and is ready 
to meet any demand that may be made on him in his 
business with promptness and dispatch. He is still a young 
man, and possessed of much shrewdness and business energv 
which enables him to distance all competitors. He is also 
a pul)lic spirited citizen, and largely concerned in manv 
of the important enterprises that have tended to make 
Tacoma the Citv of Destinv. 




S.\UL I's AVERY S STORE, 



WALKER H. TISDALE. 



This gentleman has been identified with the fortunes of 
Tacoma for the last seven years. At that time he came here 
from Detroit, Michigan, and recognizing the immense future 
possibilities of the City of Destiny, threw himself into the 
field, and bought property wherever he thought he was jus- 
tified in the purchase. As a consequence he is now the pos- 
sessor of some of the choicest business and residence sites 



These prominent and well-known merchants have three 
stores for the sale of groceries and food products in Tacoma. 
'I'he head and principal is in their commodious building on 
the corner of Ninth and E streets, while the others are 
located respectively at 1916 Jefferson, and 1919 1) streets. 
Their telephone call is No. 159. 

Both partners are thorough grocers, and they do busi- 
ness in a business-like manner. 'I'heir stock is well selected 
and complete, and the system and order, and attention to 

detail, with which they con- 
duct their business is simply 
unrivaled. 'I'heir knowledge 
and judgment as to quality 
of goods, gives them a de- 
cided advantage over their 
competitors, and thus enables 
them to assert with truth that 
they carry the very best stock 
of staple and fancy groceries 
on Puget Sound. The fact 
that they do such a large 
trade, gives them another de- 
cided advantage over bus- 
iness rivals, as it enables them 
"^" to buy in large quantities — 

purchasing proportionately 
^ " cheaper — and consequently 

able to undersell others in their line, 
and give their patrons the benefit of the 
transaction in superior quality at the same 
price. Messrs. Saul S; .\very are agents for the following 
line of goods, to which they would call especial attention, 
as being of the very finest quality: 
Silver Spray Flour. 

Fleischman & Co.'s Compressed Yeast. 
Huntley & Palmer's Crackers, Confections, and Fruit 
Cakes. 

Rountree's Chocolates, Cocoas and Elect. Cocoa Ex- 
tract. 

Knorr's Soup Tablets. 
Wurzen Salt and Sugar Wafers. 
Kennedy's Biscuits. 
Bent's Water Crackers. 

American Business Co. Crackers, Wafers, etc. 
German and French canned and bottled meats and 
patties. 

Cross & Blackwell's pickles, jams, jellies, etc. 
Gordon & Dillworth, Snider, Haas (Wiesbaden), etc., 
preserves, jellies, jams, etc. 



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DR. WII.IJS E EVERETTE. 



F. S. HARMOX cV CO. 




IHIS gcnlleiiKin, to whom we are indebted 
for valuable information in our article on 
minerals, is one of the best known mining 
[i'eologists and experts on the Pacific slope; 
he has made the minerals of Washington, 
Idaho, ]5ritisli Columbia and Alaska, a 
study for years, and there are few men so competent 
as he to give information on this particular subject. Dr. 
Everette has made tests of every conceivable description, 
and the results of these tests will certainly be of great 
value to the industries re- 
lating to their subjects; 
he has on e.xhibition at his 
mining office. No. 1318 E 
street, Tacoma, some four 
thousand samples of ores, 
minerals, coals, clays, etc., 
of the Pacific Northwest, and 
he has expressed his willing- 
ness to show them to any 
accredited persons and give 
honest and trustworthy 
information relative thereto; 
he will also send, on appli- 
cation, a price list for all 
kinds of mining, engineer- 
ing, assay and analysis work. 
In connection with his office. 
Dr. Everette has a fine chem- 
ical laboratory where most 
of his tests are made. 

Those who wish informa- 
tion relative to the keramic 
industries and possibilities 
of the Puget Sound basin, 
would do well to confer with 
him as he has lately made a 
collection of the many va- 
rious kinds of clay found 
here, and is now subjecting 
them to a practical test. Al- 
ready he has secured kaolin 
clays which will make beau- 
tiful porcelain ware, fire clays which have stood over 3300° 
Fahrenheit, and tile and brick clay which will make a 
beautiful yellow red tile or bright red pressed brick. 

These heats may be relied upon, as Dr. Everette uses the 
best imported "Pyrometers" direct from the Prussian gov- 
ernment factory of the Royal Berlin Porcelain works at 
Charlottensburg, Prussia. 

To those, therefore, who take an interest m the mineral 
properties of Washington, a visit to Dr. Everette's office 
will be a great treat, and will give them thoughts on 
these subjects which will not only afford great enlight- 
enment, but would be difficult and on some points ac- 
tuallv impossible to obtain elsewhere. 




riiis furniture house has its headquarters at 926 Pacific 
avenue, and is the oldest established hou.se in Tacoma in 
this line; the firm probably do the most extensive busi- 
ness of any fr.rniture house on Puget Sound. They 
handle everything in the way of furniture, and it is so 
arranged on their different flf)ors as to present as handsome 
showrooms as can he found in the city. They have also a 
large warehouse situated close to the tracks of the Northern 
Pacific railroail. making it accessible. 

Mr. F. S. Harmon is a young man and has met with great 

success in the City of lies- 
tiny. Some years ago he 
came to 'I'acoma, in conii)any 
with John Macready, the 
hardware merchant, and the 
success of both has been phe- 
nomenal. Mr. Harmon, soon 
after establishing his bus- 
iness, took up a claim of 
government land adjoining 
the city, and retains this prop- 
erty to the present day ; its 
value can hardly be estimat- 
ed, as it is now eligible for 
residence sites, and from that 
holding alone Mr. Harmon 
could realize a handsome for- 
time. But his business in 
itself has yielded immense 
profits, and it is due to him 
to say that it was built up by 
his energy alone ; he has a 
shrewd intellect and keen 
perceptions, courteous de- 
meanor, and great determi- 
nation, and is also a promi- 
nent man in public affairs. 



Wn.LIAM S. TAYLOR. 



William S. Taylor w'as born 
in Lawrence County, Penn- 
sylvania. Oct. 5, 1S40. His father, Col. Joseph W. Taylor, 
with his family, moved to Iowa in 1845, and the subject of 
this sketch was raised in Iowa, near Keokuk; but in 1S61 
returned to Pennsylvania, remaining there until 1868. when 
he was ordained to the ministry in the Free Will ISaptist 
Church. As a pulpit orator he has few equals. He believes 
a business man should be a Christian, and while one of 
the most successful real estate brokers, he preaches and 
lectures constantly. He is a very kind and generous 
man, and has been honored in many ways by his fellow 
men. He represented the Nez Perces District in the Idaho 
Senate with ability and distinction in the session of 1883-S4. 
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and his beloved mother, reside 
at Orting, in one of the love- 
Hest spots on Puget Sound (Riv- 
ulet Park), Orting, W. T., and 
his gardens are the very finest 
in the Puyallup Valley. 

A HOME ON PUGET SOUND. 



No real estate broker on the 
Sound can offer better bargains 
than Mr. Taylor, owning as he 
does a large amount of prop- 
ery in all parts of Orting and 
Tacoma, and throughout Pierce 
w. s. TAYLOR. County, and no one who has in- 

vested through his office has 
ever failed so far to realize on it handsomely. He 
has the finest property in Orting and '• Lake View," and 
offers great inducements to those seeking nice homes in 
these lovely villages, or in Tacoma, or in small farms on 
the Sound and wheat farms in Eastern Washington. He 





sponsor for the well 
known " Swett's Addi- 
tion," and handles be- 
sides, various other verv 
choice acreage and addi- 
tion property. 

Mr. Steinbach has had 
a most valuable experi- 
ence in his own line of 
business, and combines 
his natural bent for the 
business with strict in- 
tegrity in all his transactions, thus building up a repu- 
tation for probity which will last as long as Tacoma does. 



C. A. SNOWDEN & CO. 
Real Estate, City Property and Timber Lands, 



This firm has its offices at 91S A street, opposite the 
Tacoma, and, though one of the youngest, is one of the most 
active and enterprising in the city. Before coming to this 




RESIDENCE OF W. S. TAYLOR AT ciRTIM., W A^UI.MJTON. 



particularly recommends his five and ten acre tracts near 
the great City of Destiny. All inquiries made of him 
are promptly and reliably answered from his Orting office. 



E. STEINBACH, 
Notary Public and Conveyancer. 



This gentleman's offices are situated at 909 Pacific av- 
enue. He does a large business in real estate, loans 
and mortgages, and is one of the busiest men in this 
busy city; his office is constantly thronged with visitors 
desirous of inves-ting in some of the numerous real estate 
properties which he controls. 

He started business in this city in 1886, and his resist- 
less energies have done as much toward forwarding 
Tacoma's interests and advertising its merits to the 
world, as that of any other one man. He also stands 



Coast, Mr. Snowdeii was engaged in the newspaper busi- 
ness, to which he was educated by the late Wilbur F. Storey, 
the founder and famous editor of the Chicago Times. He 
began work as night reporter on that pai)er, after leaving 
college in 1872, and in less than three years was made city 
editor, a place which he held until 1880, when he was 
made managing editor, with full authority. Under his 
management the paper undertook and carried success- 
fully some of the best known enterprises which made it 
famous, and gave it the largest circulation of any newspaper 
in the West. .Among these was the publication of the 
revised edition of the New Testament entire, in its Sunday 
morning edition. Previous to this publication of the Testa- 
ment, the Times had secured, through its special corres- 
pondent in London, extracts amounting to four thousand 
words which were cabled over and published nearly a 
month in advance of any publication elsewhere. This was 
|)nibably the longest cable message ever sent to any 



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single newspaper up to that time. When Mr. Storey began 
to be incapacitated for business in 1882, Mr. Snowden 
went to Washington and became manager of Tlic Xatioiial 
Republican, which he conducted successfully up to the end 
of President Arthur's administration. In the spring of 
1S85 he made his first visit to the Coast, and after about a 
month spent in California returned East with the firm de- 
termination to come back at some future time and remain 
here permanently. This determination he did not imme- 
diately carry out, however. Finding what he thought a 
promising opening in his old business he formed a company 
and purchased the Chicago Mail in June, 1885, and in 
three years built it up from a very unpromising beginnmg 
to be one of tlie most attractive evening papers in Chicago. 



to Missoula. The series of letters furnished by that brilliant 
correspondent, and printed at the time, were widely read 
and commented on, and no doubt did much to swell the tide 
of immigration which has since set strongly toward the 
Puget Sound country. He now regards this enterprise as 
one of his principal journalistic successes. Mr. Snowden is 
an enthusiastic believer in Tacoma, and the new State 
of Washington. 

C. E. CASE, M. D. 



Dr. Case, a prominent and well known physician, is one of 
the representative men of Tacoma, and there are few citizens 
to whom we may point with more pride than we do to him. 
In 1887 he got together the combination which ended the Dr. Case is not only representative, but he is the ideal type 
litigation over the Storey estate, by buying up the claims of of Westerner who has made the Pacific coast the won- 



all the heirs, not only to The Times but to all the rest of 
the property which the deceased edi- 
tor had possessed. The negotiations 
which led up to the successful con- 
clusion of this deal, involving over 
$600,000, were made possible by Mr. 
Snowden's former connection with 
the paper and his acquaintance with 
the parties, and they were carried 
out largely through his efforts. By 
this success he became the owner of 
a considerable block of The Times 
stock, and was made editor of that 
sheet, which position he filled until 
December, 1888, during which time 
the paper, which had suffered con- 
siderably during the long period of 
litigation following the death of Mr. 
Storey, was restored to its old time 
prosperity, its circulation increasing '£. ' 
by 7,000 copies per day more than ■ — 

it ever had in its most successful ' ' ^r c. 

days under its former proprietor. 

During his management of The Mail Mr. Snowden tirgan- 
ized and was prominent in the conduct of the "boodle" 
investigation in Cook County which resulted in sending five 
of the conspirators to the penitentiary for three years each, 
the sentence of two others to similar terms, which they 
escaped by a reversal of their case in the Supreme Court, 
and the conviction of three others, who paid fines. 

Leaving the newspaper business in 1888, through a dis- 
agreement with the other stockholders, none of wdiom had 
ever had any previous experience in newspaper manage- 
ment, Mr. Snowden again came West and began at once to 
appiv himself to his new business. He has been abun- 
dantly successful. He has made a carefid study not only 
of the city but the resources of the State, particularly of its 
timber, about which he can perhaps furnish as much reliable 
information as even the oldest resident. While in con- 
trol of The Times in 1881, he sent John F. Finerty, the 
famous war correspondent and explorer of that paper, over 
the line of the Northern Pacific railroad, then completed 




der of latter-day civilization by the audacity and immen- 
sity of her enterprises and the vigor 
and determination with wiiich they 
are carried to a successful conclu- 
sion. Dr. Case is a large man phys- 
ically as well as intellectually, and his 
magnificent growth of black beard 
renders his individuality still more 
striking. He was born in California, 
but studied medicine in St. Louis 
during his earlier manhood. He 
practiced medicine in that city dur- 
ing the years 1876, 1877, and 1878. 
Then he returned to San Francisco 
and took a course of study in the 
Medical College of the Pacific, which 
is now known as the Cooper College. 
He afterward attended the California 
Medical College, from w-bich he grad- 
uated in 1880. He was then offered 
and accepted the chair of Professor 
c.^gg of Surgical Anatomy in that institu- 

tion. He filled it with great credit to 
himself and satisfaction to the faculty during the courses of 
1881 and 1882. Shortly afterward he came to Tacoma and 
soon built up a large and flourishing practice in this city. 
Resides possessing the credentials to the confidence of the 
community already enumerated, the Doctor graduated from 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago in 1886, 
from the New York Post Graduate Medical School and New 
\'ork Polyclinic in 1888, and has certificates of private in- 
struction from Prof. A. Reeves Jackson of Chicago, on sur- 
gical diseases of w-omen; of John E. Harper, A. M., M. D., 
of ('hicago, on the eye and ear and the use of the ophthalmo- 
scope and otoscope, and correction of the errors of refrac- 
tion. He has also a certificate from the New^ York 
Polyclinic for the satisfactory performance of operations in 
the Surgery Sessions of 1888 and 1889. 

Since Dr. Case has been located in Tacoma, he has per- 
formed many remarkable and interesting operations. .Among 
them, indeed, were some that have made his reputation al- 
most world wide. Notably the case of Alfred Huntington, 



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the son of John Huntington of the firm of Huntington & 
Little, was the eighth instance of successful abdominal 
operation for gunshot wound of the liver on record through- 
out the world. ']"he boy was shot through the body by a 
32-caliber pistol, the ball passing through the boy's liver. 
The abdominal cavity was opened its whole length, and the 
injured structures properly cared for. A great deal of 
blood was found in the abrlominal cavity, which was thor- 
oughly cleansed and all bleeding vessels secured preparatory 
to closing the abdominal walls by silver wire and catgut 
sutures. Since the operation the abdominal cavity has been 
washed out as often as the temperature indicated any 
danger of blood poisoning, a glass drainage tube being left 
in the abdominal cavity for that purpose. The strictest 
antiseptic precautions have been observed throughout the 
operation, and the subsequent treatment, and the boy niav 
now with certainty he pronounced as out of danger. 

An almost e((ually interesting case was that of Jesse 
Steele, a fifteen 
year old boy, 
who lately shot 
himself in the 
forearm in this 
city. Owing to 
the retraction 
the skin on the 
arm could not 
be brought to- 
gether and then 
caught up by 
sutures, so Dr. 
Case grafted 
skin from the 
upper forearm 
on to the naked 
place, and the 
boy is now al 
most well. He 
has also performed several very difficult surgical opera- 
tions within the past si.xty days. 

Dr. Case is as much in love with Tacoma as if it were 
his birthplace, and extols its virtues and advantages to 
every visitor he meets. He takes an active part in the 
welfare of the city, and there is seldom a movement on 
foot for the city's benefit which does not surelv find 
him in some way identified with its promotion. 



PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. 



The publishers of this work cannot express too highly 
their appreciation of the encouragement given their work 
and the liberal handed policy pursued during its compila- 
tion by the citizens of Tacoma; our feelings in this regard 
may be understood when it is stated that Mr. C. A. Snow- 
den was our first acquaintance in the city, and this gentle- 
man did a world of good for the interests of the book; Mr. 
Isaac W. Anderson of the Tacoma Land Co., interested 



himself to a great extent and much of the compilation as 
well as embellishment of the hook was due to his most 
timely suggestions. 

Many other gentlemen of Tacoma whose names we have 
already mentioned did everything possible in its behalf but 
there is one who may be said to head the list and whose 
name has not yet found a place in our columns.. This is 
Mr. S. A. Wheelwright, the honored mayor of Tacoma, 
a man who is the embodiment of refinement, intellect, 
modesty, education, courtesy and love for, and pride in the 
city of Tacoma ; there is no one in Tacoma whose friend- 
ship we can point to with more pride than that of Mayor 
Wheelwright, and we wish it were in our power to reciprocate 
his disinterested kindness; as this is not possible, we can 
only thank him and assure him of our heartfelt appreciation. 

T.\COMA 1LLL'STR.\TEU 

is the last book which will be published under the name of 

Baldwin, Cal- 
cutt & Co., as 
by the time this 
work is issued 
our business 
will be greatly 
enlarged in its 
mechanical as 
well as art de- 
jiartment, and 
will be (U'gan- 
ized as a stock 
compan}' un- 
der the name 
Baldwin, Cal- 
cutt & Blakely 
Publishing Co., 
with their head- 
quarters at 184 
and 186 Mon- 
roe street, Chicago; heretofore we have outside of Chicago 
and vicinity solicited little else than publishing contracts, but 
the new company will include not onlv general lines of pub- 
lications, but in addition a general printing, binding, en- 
graving and lithographing business; our departments 
include the largest composition rooms in Chicago, our line 
of steam presses are of the largest and most improved pat- 
terns; the binding, engraving and lithographing depart- 
ments are second to none, and our staff of artists includes 
some of the best known for portrait, map and scenic work 
to be found in the country. The variety of work produced 
may to a limited extent be seen in this volume; we shall es- 
tablish a branch in some city of Washington, and do busi- 
ness with all parts of the State as well as the Pacific Coast. 
We would therefore be glad to give estimates for any 
description of composition, printing, binding, lithograph- 
ing, and map, pen, wood, half-toned and zinc-etched 
engraving. B.aldwin, C.\lcutt & Co. 

New Company — 

Baldwin, Calcutt & Blakely Puulishing Co. 




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GREAT SHORT L-INB 



Between Pr.ncipat Points as shown on Map. 



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OTHER LINES MAY IMITATE BUT CANNOT SURPASS IT, EITHER IN EQUIPMENT OR TRAIN SERVICE, 
AND ALL TRAVELERS ADMIT THAT ITS MOTTO, 

IS AN EStABLISHED FAGr. 



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Be sure and ask for Tickets over " The Northwester^ Line." Tickets can be secured at OITices of Connecting Roads. 

THE FOLLOWING ARE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF THE LINE: 

ST. PAUL, 159 East Third St. MINNEAPOLIS, 13 Nicollet House Block. DULUTH, 332 Hotel St. Louis Block. 

MILWAUKEE, 102 Wisconsin St. NEW YORK, 409 Broadway. OMAHA, 1401 Farnam St. 

PORTLAND, ORE., 4 Washington St. CHICAGO, 208 South Clark St. 



For Rates, or any desired Information, address, 

E. W. WINTER, 

General Manager. 



F. B. CLARKE, 

Qeneral Traffic Manager. 



T. W. TEASDALE, 

Gen. Passenger Agt., ST, PAUL. 



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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY. 




Hill*; Chicago, Milwaukee (S; St, Paul Railway 
IS the longest line owned by one company 
m the world, being 5,670 miles in length, 
and its tracks run through a never-ending 
|).inorama of all that is entrancing m the 
way of sublime scenery. 
In Illinois it operates t,\6 miles of track; in ^Visconsin, 
1,304 miles; in Iowa, 1,572 miles; in Minnesota, 1,122 miles; 
in Dakota, 1,216 miles; in Missouri, 140 miles, and the end 
is not yet. It has terminals in such large cities as Chicago, 
Milwaukee, L,aCrosse, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Fargo, Siou.v 
City, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Joseph, and 
along its lines are hundreds of thriving cities, towns, villages 
and hamlets. From the management manufacturing inter- 
ests receive encouragement, and all branches of trade are 
fostered. The railroad company has a just appreciation of 
the taste of its patrons, and demonstrates that appreciation 
in every possible way, and its magnificent earnings point 
conclusively to the fact that the good feeling which it has 
for the traveling and shipping public is fully and fervently 
reciprocated, The populariiy of the line with both classes 
of customers is fully attested by the fact that, notwithstand- 
ing the severest kind of competition, both from old and 
new lines, the company continues to do an immense and 
ever increasing business. In point of freight and passen- 
ger equipment it is not surpassed by any line in the United 
States. On all its through lines it operates the most per- 
fectly equipped trains of sleeping, parlor and dining cars 
and day coaches known to the modern car buikler. 

The freight business of the road is simply enormous, 
shippers having confidence in its ability to send their goods 
through on quick time, owing to the company's stupendous 
equipment. Even in the busiest season of the year, the fall 
and winter months, the patrons of the road are never com- 
pelled to wait for cars. 

In one point the C, M. & St, Paul e.Kcels all others, and 
that is in regard to summer resort business. For years it 
has been regarded as the summer resort road, all the best 
points in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa at which to pass 
the heated term being either reached In' its lines or a close 
connection formed for them. 

When one reflects on the number of people who annually 
cross the water in search of pleasure, and remembers how 
little there is over there that can be compared to the beau- 
ties of .\merica, it is strange that people evince such a 
desire to view the so-called wonders of the (Continent with- 
out first seeing the glories of their own land. 

.\ journey over the lines of the C, M. & St. P, alone 
would demonstrate to these seekers after the alleged glories 
of the Old World that there is more th,\t is sublimely beau- 
tiful in Uncle Sam's domains th.in in all the lands ruled 
over by all the kings, queens and emperors of Europe, 
Between Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis, over the 
Hastings and Dakota Division to .Aberdeen and Roscoe, 
from the Cream City west by two routes to Woonsoi'ket mi 
the one hand and Chamberlain, Dakota, on the other; from 



the (iarden City of Chicago to Omaha, on the banks of 
the "Big Muddy," and from Marion, Iowa, to the "City on 
the Kaw," the country presents one never-ending panorama 
n( beautiful scenes. Over a .stone ballasted steel track, as 
level as a board, a flight of eighty-five miles as swift as that 
of a carrier pigeon, lands the traveler in .Milwaukee, the 
first point of importance from Chicago, on the Northwestern 
route. This is the metropolis of the Badger State, than 
which no finer place can be found for location and settle- 
ment, presenting as it does, the benefits of a new, unopened 
country without its disadva'itages, for the complete system 
of railroads opens up every portion of the State, bringing 
city and country closely together, each to work in the 
other's interest. From the busthng city, through the 
t(.)wns, villages and hamlets, to the unbroken forests and 
prairies, the immigrant can take his choice, selecting both 
locality and occupation, that seem to offer him the greatest 
pecuniary reward for the honest toil he is willing to give 
in return for it. 

While the State has been vastly improved, and large 
cities built with the wealth accumulated by well directed 
energy in the past, there is still plenty of room for develop- 
ment. At no time have inducements to settle in Wisconsin 
been so great as at present, for the years through which 
the pioneers have labored, and the results which they 
have accomplished, have been of vast benefit to the 
immigrant himself. 

From Milwaukee north, the roati penetrates the broad 
prairies of the North Star State, Minnesota, which contains 
a greater amount of interior lake and river surface than any 
other State in the Union, e.Kcept Florida. 

From Minneapolis, in a southerly direction, or from Mil- 
waukee west, it penetrates the great commonwealth of Iowa, 
which is pre-eminently an agricultural State, the true source 
of whose greatnesj lies in the capacity of her soil to 
supply those staples necessary for the sustenance of 
mankind. 

South from Cedar Rapids, la., in a direct line, the 
road operates its own line into Kansas City, Mo., tapping 
the richest, because the most extreme northerly portion 
of the State. 

West from Chicago a line runs through Northern Ilhnois, 
a distance of over 300 miles, the advantages of which, as a 
place of residence, are .without number, .\lmost in a 
straight line the C. M. & St. P. runs out through Southern 
Iowa, and at Cfnincil Bluffs and Omaha forms connections 
which enable it to ticket passengers or land seekers into 
the heart of the broad prairies of Nebraska, to the vast 
mineral deposits of the Centennial State, to the ranch of 
the cowboy and the cattleman in Wyoming, and even to 
the Pacific laved sands of the Cioldeii State itself. .\t 
Kansas Cit)' connection is had with lini s ot road that .grid- 
iron the State of Kansas in every direction, so that the 
amount of business done bv the road ran no longer be a 
matter for marvel. 

In this wav almost every city and town in the country 
can be readily reacheil over the line of the Chica.go, 
Milwaukee and St. Paul. 



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THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. 

The Only Through Line to Taco.ma Direct from 
Chicago to the City of Destiny — Unsur- 
passed IN Equipment by any other 
Transcontinental Line. 




H.\T is the Nortliern Pacific railroad to 
tlie "City of Destiny?" Wliat is it not? 
Both questions can be answered at once ; 
the Nortliern Pacific founded Tacoma, 
heraldetl her resources and advantages to 
the world, and is attracting vast capital to 
make her the greatest seaport, manufacturing and financial 
center of the Pacific coast, and is daily bringing capital- 
ists, investors and merchants to build up the city, farmers 
to till the soil of Washington, miners and surveyors to un- 
cover the immense mineral wealth of the surrounding coun- 
try, and lumbermen to .send her great timber in every 
conceivable form to all parts of the world. .\11 this and 
more has been done by this road, and all the facts will be 
vividly brought to the reader by a thorough perusal of 
"Tacoma Illustrated." 

IHE road's EyUIP-MENT 

is surpassed by no road in the country, and equaled by few; 
it is safe to say that the Pacific E.xpress which leaves St. 
Paul at 4:15 P. M. each day, takes with it as much comfort 
and enjoyment, gladdens the eye with more fascinating 
splendor of scenery, more interesting country, and causes 
more wonderment at the magic development of our Western 
country by the hand of man, than any other route to the 
Pacific coast. 

The management of the road has added to its equipment 
all the modern improvements. Its trains are all vestibnled, 
and there is no convenience which experience could suggest 
that has not been provided. The sleeping cars of the com- 
pany are models of what is possible to be done. The com- 
pany recently received a number from the Pullman shops. 
They were on exhibition in St. Paul and were inspected by 
hundreds of people. It is not only the first-class passenger 
trade that the company is catering to, but the second class 
as well. The tourist cars, or as they are vulgarly called 
"emigrant sleeping cars," are in keeping witli the Pulinian 
sleepers. They contain everything needed for a pleasant 
and comfortable journey, and are so fitted up that the strict- 
est privacy can be had. In this latter particular they are 
superior to any tourist car running west of the Mississippi 
or Missouri Rivers. 'I'he immense passenger travel the 
company is now having shows plainly how well its efforts to 
satisfy its patrons in this direction are appreciated. 'I'he 
freight equipment is in keeping with the passenger. Its 
cars contain the latest improved contrivances, and the 
danger of wrecks is reduced to a minimum. 

THE SCI'.NIC ROUTE W'EST 

on the Northern Pacific Railroad for varied, grand and 
peculiar scenery, far surpasses any road of equal length 
in the countrv. .At the eastern end of this transcontinental 



highway is l^ake Superior, the greatest lake in the world. 
.\t its western end is the Pacific, the greatest ocean in the 
wi)rld, Puget Sound, the most picturesque inland sea in the 
world, and the Columbia River, the finest scenic river in 
the world. No mountains in the .\lps surpass in grandeur 
the gigantic, .solitary snow peaks of the Cascade Range. In 
Northern Minnesota are hundreds of small lakes as lovely 
as those of Scotland and Ireland. In the Bad Lands of 
Dakota is a singular region, where subterranean fires are 
still burning, and where forests have been petrified and 
strata of blue clay converted into red scorise. The Yellow- 
stone National Park, reached by rail only by way of the 
Northern Pacific, is the world's wonderland, attracting tour- 
ists from every part of the civilized globe to gaze upon its 
surpassing geysers, its boiling mud pools, its cliffs of shin- 
ing black obsidian, its profound canons, where the rocks 
have been painted by nature with rainbow colors, and its 
inspiring Rocky Mountain scenery. From Tacoma, the 
western terminus of the Northern Pacific, steamers make 
the round trip from Alaska in about two weeks, a distance 
of over 2,000 miles. This is beyond question the most 
superb marine excursion in the world, showing to the tour- 
ist the loftiest mountain peaks of the continent, glaciers, 
icebergs and beautiful land-locked bays, straits and estu- 
aries. The route is entirely between islands and the main- 
land, so that, although the whole voyage is on salt water, 
there is no suffering from sea sickness. 

The tide of immigration has increased immensely in the 
past year, which is evinced principally by the heavy pas- 
senger movement toward the North Pacific coast. 

FHE NATURAL RESOURCES 

'■ of Washington are so varied and extensive, and the climate 
SO mild and healthful, that no falling off in the tide of im- 
migration to that field is anticipated until the present popu- 
lation, about 250,000, shall be increased to at least 1,000,000. 

The facts we furnish will convince even the most incred- 
ulous how far greater these resources are, than they can 
possibly be pictured. There are many parts of the country 
from which there has been an ebb tide of disgusted immi- 
gration ; not so with those who leave the East to make their 
home in the prolific State of Washington ; these find them- 
selves imbued with wonderment at the vast fields of pros- 
perity open to them, and with a corresponding love for their 
new home. Thrift and prosperity lead to happiness, and it 
is well nigh impossible to find anyone settling in this grand 
country who is not thoronghly enthusiastic over his adopted 
home, and anxious to promote its prosperity. 

Those who expect to land in a wilderness will find the 
march of civilization more pronounced here than in many of 
the Middle States, and in these days of traveling, equaling in 
ccmifort even one's own fireside, it is absurd to say that the 
journey to Washington is too tedious; neither is the expense 
one of great significance. New comers will find |)lenty of 
encouragement and plenty of substantial assistance in the 
pursuance of their vocation; they will find good institutions 
of religion and learning for their children, and the finesL 
climate on the face of the earth. 




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